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By Mark Butcher mbutcherNovember 25, 2021Uncategorized

Improving Gender Equity in Education

We’re pleased to share a new report developed in partnership with the Centre for Education and Youth (CfEY) to identify the approaches most likely to support gender equity for school pupils and professionals. This report…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherNovember 17, 2021Uncategorized

STiR awarded Theirworld MEL Fellowship

STiR is delighted to share that we have been awarded a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Fellowship by Theirworld’s Innovation Programme, to support us to scale up our work in East Africa. We are very…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherNovember 9, 2021Uncategorized

Teacher agency matters more than ever: what can we practically do about it?

This blog is by John McIntosh, Director of Design and Programme Readiness at STiR Education, and Camila Pereira, Diretora de Educação at the Lemann Foundation. It was first published on the RISE website. To help…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherSeptember 30, 2021Uncategorized

September media round-up

We are pleased to share that our work in Delhi on the Teacher Development Coordinator (TDC) programme was featured in the Asian Network of Training and Research Institutions in Educational Planning (ANTRIEP) newsletter. The article…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherAugust 26, 2021Case Study

Story of change: Dharmapuri district

Dharmapuri district is situated in the north-west of Tamil Nadu. The district was chosen to be one of STiR’s first six districts in the state in 2018, in partnership with the state government and the…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherAugust 24, 2021Uncategorized

Supporting teachers from the middle tier

STiR Education is delighted to publish a new case study which was prepared by David Childress as part of the International Institute for Educational Planning of UNESCO (IIEP-UNESCO) and Education Development Trust research project on…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherJuly 30, 2021Uncategorized

Reflections on our Covid response

Covid-19 has now been disrupting our partner education systems in India and Uganda for more than 16 months. Schools have remained closed for most or all of this period in each geography, which has had…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherJuly 27, 2021Uncategorized

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) – the case for investing in intrinsic motivation

This blog was first published by the Education Commission. The upcoming Global Education Summit for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), co-hosted by Kenya and the UK, has an ambitious target of raising USD…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherJuly 16, 2021Uncategorized

STiR appoints new India Country Director

STiR Education is delighted to announce the appointment of a new India Country Director to our global leadership team. Swaha Sahoo joins the organisation today to lead our work across India, which is currently reaching…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherJuly 2, 2021Uncategorized

Deepening relationships through data-driven nudges

What did we intend to learn? The world is undergoing rapid social, economic and technological changes. Children today need to develop a love of learning that will last their whole life. At STiR Education, we…

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