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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…
Inspiring story of Pak Huda

Inspiring story of Pak Huda

“Being aware of intrinsic motivation is a stepping stone to creating a safe and fun learning environment in school”, Pak Huda, SDN Blabak 2, Kediri City Pak Huda is the principal of SDN Blabak 2…
Our colleague published in Delhi Government’s Bi-monthly magazine

Our colleague published in Delhi Government’s Bi-monthly magazine

This was originally written by Shadab Ahmed for Delhi Government’s bi-monthly publication. You can read the original piece in Hindi here. ASER 2022 report was launched on January 18, 2023, according to it nationally the…
STiR features in Ugandan media

STiR features in Ugandan media

We are delighted to share that we have recently been featured in local media in Uganda on several occasions. Our Country Director Modern Musiimenta Karema has talked about various educational challenges and solutions in Uganda…
How deeper connections between teachers and students can prevent school drop-outs

How deeper connections between teachers and students can prevent school drop-outs

I am Ankita, teacher of class eight at GGSSS Khajoori Khas school, Northeast district, Delhi. Sapna (name changed for confidentiality) was one of my students. She used to be irregular in attending the school and…
Kharunda Rose Khisa – a journey to the love of teaching

Kharunda Rose Khisa – a journey to the love of teaching

My name is Kharunda Rose Khisa and I am a 39-year-old teacher at Bubiita Seed Secondary School in Bududa district in the Eastern region of Uganda. I have been in this profession since 2007. I…
Classroom innovation, professional agency and the conditions needed to thrive

Classroom innovation, professional agency and the conditions needed to thrive

If we are to truly transform education, governments will need to be radical in how they support and elevate teachers and the teaching profession. This week’s Transforming Education Summit (TES) presents an opportunity for policymakers…
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…