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Gender responsiveness impacts adolescent girls in Uganda

Gender responsiveness impacts adolescent girls in Uganda

Education of girls has always been a challenge in Uganda. In 2015, UNESCO reported that around 16.7 million girls are out of school in Sub-Saharan Africa while 9.3 million of them will never set foot…
William’s guide on how to conduct a network meeting

William’s guide on how to conduct a network meeting

My name is William Mwijuka, a teacher at Mpumudde Seed Secondary School in Jinja, Uganda. I have been working as a teacher for around 14 years and I am passionate about making a difference in…
Ms. Flora’s story

Ms. Flora’s story

Ms. Flora is a teacher from Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu, southern India. She is a dynamic person who takes her responsibility as a teacher very seriously. She believes that teachers need to get together…
Story of change: Dharmapuri district

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…
Supporting teachers from the middle tier

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…
Reflections on our Covid response

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…
Chandra Kanth’s story – Karnataka

Chandra Kanth’s story – Karnataka

Chandra Kanth is a Senior Lecturer at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in Mysuru district, Karnataka. In this role, he is responsible for planning, conducting and implementing training sessions for teachers and…
Our response to Covid-19 in India

Our response to Covid-19 in India

The rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted almost the entire world. The British charity Save the Children has declared this as an ‘unprecedented education emergency’, as ten million children may never return to…
Our response to Covid-19 in Karnataka

Our response to Covid-19 in Karnataka

STiR Education has been working in the state of Karnataka since 2017. The outbreak of Covid-19 has caused significant disruption to the education system, and STiR agreed to deliver a series of modules for officials…
Our response to Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu

Our response to Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education has been significant all around the world. In India, all educational activities came to a halt and millions of learners stopped going to schools and colleges. But…