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A focus on nurses and teachers is key to transforming India’s health and education sectors. Here’s why

A focus on nurses and teachers is key to transforming India’s health and education sectors. Here’s why

This was originally written by Minha Khan, Mark Butcher and Sumbul Siddiqui for UNESCO World Education Blog. Click here to read on the World Education Blog. The COVID-19 pandemic taught us so much, including by…
Rethinking Scaling: A Reverse Gaze Approach

Rethinking Scaling: A Reverse Gaze Approach

This was originally written by John McIntosh for the UKFIET – The Education and Development Forum.  The education sector has made rapid progress in recent years in understanding ‘what works’ in the scaling of educational…
STiR appoints new Executive Director for Indonesia

STiR appoints new Executive Director for Indonesia

STiR Education is delighted to announce the appointment of Yoni Nurdiansyah as the Executive Director (ED) of STiR Education and Yayasan Bakti Pendidikan Unggul (YBPU) Indonesia. With this appointment, Mr. Nurdiansyah also joins STiR Education’s…
Lucia Alinda’s Inspiring Story of Change

Lucia Alinda’s Inspiring Story of Change

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STiR hosts UBS Optimus Foundation visit in Indonesia

STiR hosts UBS Optimus Foundation visit in Indonesia

We have been delighted to host a visit this week from Hui Fang of the UBS Optimus Foundation to visit our work in Indonesia, which is implemented in partnership with Yayasan Bakti Pendidikan Unggul (YBPU).…
STiR Education signs new MoU with the Indonesian Ministry of Education

STiR Education signs new MoU with the Indonesian Ministry of Education

Bakti Barito, STIR Education in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology to support competency development of teachers and students. [/nectar_highlighted_text][vc_column_text]Jakarta, 14 August 2023 – Bakti Barito Foundation through Yayasan Bakti…
What is STiR’S impact?

What is STiR’S impact?

  Purpose This document summarises STiR’s impact over the past decade It starts by offering a brief summary of our learning, before breaking down our impact at different levels (children, teachers, officials, system) with the…
How does STiR work with governments to scale and sustain?

How does STiR work with governments to scale and sustain?

Scaling and sustainability are core to our organisational strategy. It is key that we identify ways in which our work can be successfully embedded into the systems in which we work. This document summarises how…
Motivating your team means letting go

Motivating your team means letting go

This was originally written by Jo Owen for the Financial Times.  For the past eight years, STiR Education, of which I am a co-founder, has been putting in place the conditions to help millions of…