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By Mark Butcher mbutcherSeptember 7, 2020Uncategorized

STiR appoints new Uganda Country Director

STiR Education is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Uganda Country Director to our leadership team. Modern Musiimenta Karema joins the organisation today to lead our work across Uganda, which is currently reaching…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherAugust 26, 2020Uncategorized

STiR announces expansion to new districts in Tamil Nadu

As part of our Covid-19 response in Tamil Nadu, STiR Education is delighted to announce an expansion to seven new districts in the state. We’re looking forward to working with teachers and education officials in…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherAugust 25, 2020Uncategorized

Social and Emotional Learning and the New Normal

We are excited to publish a new report, examining what the ‘New Normal’ means for Social and Emotional Learning. In early 2020, The Centre for Education and Youth and STiR Education decided to jointly host…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherAugust 20, 2020Uncategorized

STiR takes part in T4 live stream

We’re very pleased that our Founder and President Sharath Jeevan was able to participate in a live stream today with T4 conference organiser Vikas Pota, focused on the question: ‘What if 60 million children could…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherAugust 5, 2020Uncategorized

STiR announces new partnership with the ZVM Rangoonwala Foundation

STiR Education is delighted to announce a new partnership with the ZVM Rangoonwala Foundation. Their funding will support the development of our first project in Indonesia, where we plan to launch our first activities in…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherAugust 5, 2020Uncategorized

Virtual institutes take place in Delhi

STiR is pleased to announce the successful delivery of our first ever virtual institutes, as part of the TDC programme in Delhi. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve been unable to deliver institutes in their…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherJuly 31, 2020Uncategorized

Covid-19 update – July 2020

Read this article as a PDF here. Covid-19 continues to cause enormous disruption to education systems everywhere. As most of our partner systems have now settled into a period of relative stability, we wanted to…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherJuly 31, 2020Uncategorized

Longitudinal study – Uganda Year 1 evaluation report

We’re delighted today to publish the first findings from our longitudinal study. This has been completed by Ichuli, an independent research organisation headquartered in Uganda, and was commissioned by STiR Education to understand longitudinal trends…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherJune 29, 2020Uncategorized

STiR featured on TED

STiR’s CEO Sharath Jeevan was delighted to be invited by the organisers of TEDx Shiv Nadar University to deliver a TED talk in November 2019. In this talk, Sharath shares his practical lessons on how…

By Mark Butcher mbutcherJune 16, 2020Uncategorized

Virtual field visits

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is not possible for STiR’s current and potential partners to travel to observe our work in schools. But our teachers, school leaders and district officials have been…

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