04 May 2020 Our first podcast: on multilingualism in education
We proudly present our first podcast! To promote the eNSPIRED learning week, VVOB in South-Africa, and the Department of Basic Education engaged in a conversation about multilingualism as an asset in South African education.
30 Aug 2019 On the way to school
The start of the school year may be (or dismay) a delight to millions of kids around the globe. However, it’s important not to forget that, in some parts of the world, even primary education can be a hard-won luxury. Some of the children have to take the most dangerous roads in the world to receive the education that some of us may take for granted. A photo collection showing children on their way to school makes you start thinking about equity in education
08 Jul 2019 FUNDA OER, making a difference in the education landscape in South Africa
To improve teaching and learning for inclusive education, VVOB - education for development together with Inclusive Education South Africa (IESA), South African Council for Educators (SACE) and the Department of Basic Education (DBE) worked hard in developing FUNDA, a platform for educational resources.
17 Jun 2019 How to fix South Africa’s Schools: Lessons from schools that work
Discover this manual thet school leaders, teachers, parents, and other community members can use to turn around a dysfunctional or ineffective school.
24 May 2019 Meet Jean Paul Sebisogo, a not-so-ordinary school leader from Rwanda
Since 2011, Jean Paul Sebisogo is the school leader of Paysannat L, a basic and secondary school in Rwanda. Among his students are 20,000 Burundian refugees.
02 May 2019 Gender and Development for Cambodia: committed to constructive dialogue
In March Satya Roeurn, Programme Officer at Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC) visited Belgium for the eNSPIRED international learning week on gender and education. He shared his insights on his organisation’s partnership with VVOB in the TIGER project in Cambodia, to transform schools into centres of excellence for gender-responsiveness.
01 Apr 2019 Welcome to the Bambanani series
Each child has the right to quality education and teaching inclusively can contribute to achieving that goal. This series of videos illustrates how teachers are teaching inclusively in South African classrooms. The videos focus on teaching numeracy and literacy in the Foundation and Intermediate phases.
01 Apr 2019 Gender and education: two experts take the floor
During the international guest lecture on gender and education in Ghent on November 13, 2018, gender specialists madeleine kennedy-macfoy from Education International (EI) and Wendelien Vantieghem from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) were looking for a connection between these gender challenges.
27 Mar 2019 YES! Youth Empowerment Surinam
“YES made me aware, so now I follow the right pathway." YES (Youth Empowerment Suriname) organises trainings for young people in which the development of a positive self image and discovering talents are central.