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The Pathways to Accredited Centers for Education (PACE) project worked with seven communities and over 500 parents to ensure that more than 1,000 migrant children could continue to access quality, recognized education in a safe environment. Within these communities, children are enrolled in migrant learning centers (MLCs) that are not financially sustainable and not legally…
Decades of conflict and underinvestment have left the Myanmar education system neglected and nearly dismantled. While education systems are now slowly improving due to recent political changes and reforms, there continues to be little access to quality education for children in remote and underserved areas. For those who cannot access or afford government schools, non-state…
The Thailand-Myanmar border is home to more than 400,000 migrants from Myanmar and 130,000 refugees living in nine camps. These populations have lived along the border for decades as a result of internal conflict within Myanmar, and generations of children have grown up in the camps and migrant communities, only knowing Thailand as home. Given…
Over the past decade, Myanmar has made strong commitments to support the rights of people with disabilities, however there continue to be barriers preventing those with disabilities from accessing basic social services. Studies have found that the rate of disability caused by accidents and health conditions is increasing nationwide, resulting in a large unmet need…
In Kayah State and Bago Region, many people with disabilities are excluded from community- and state-level governance and decision-making processes. In particular, they are often excluded from peace-building processes taking place at local and regional levels. Although advances have been made in terms of raising awareness about the needs of people with disabilities – at…
NCTN provides technical assistance to state systems to scale and sustain Ability to Benefit. The Wisconsin Technical College System ATB Toolkit is a prime example of our technical support of state champions engaging their colleagues to create actionable guidance. NCTN also works within local ATB efforts, bringing partners into dialogue on creating the policies and practices to…
World Education's EdTech Center is leading a national network on mobile learning (mLearning), providing professional development and developing a resource hub to support effective mobile learning in adult education programs. Following the Tier 1 Achievement Award from the Adult Literacy XPRIZE Communities Competition, Team WorldEd and other winning teams have formed an mLearning coalition that…
World Education’s EdTech Center is working to improve the readability and accessibility of digital text for adult learners around the world with Adobe, Readability Matters, University of Central Florida and other partners. Our team supports the field testing of Adobe Acrobat Reader's new feature Liquid Mode in adult literacy programs across the US. Liquid Mode…
The National College Transition Network (NCTN) provides technical assistance and professional development services to community college, adult education, and workforce systems. NCTN designs accelerated career pathways, comprehensive student support services, and effective multi-stakeholder partnerships that help adults attain their educational and career goals and access greater economic opportunity. Numerous state and federal agencies, philanthropic foundations, local educational…
Read@Home (R@H) is an unprecedented effort to get reading, learning, and play materials into homes, led by the Education Global Practice at The World Bank Group. The initiative focuses on families who are unlikely to be reached with the remote learning approaches being rolled out by ministries of education (illiterate or semi-literate parents and families…
World Education strives to build lasting relationships with partners across diverse geographic regions and technical sectors to produce better education outcomes for all.
