The year 2017 was a busy one for us at Jaslika, making the year go that much faster. During this time we were able to undertake a variety of activities that encompassed knowledge building, sharing, learning and reflecting while at the same time enhancing our visibility through the launch of our website Jaslika.com and integrated social media platforms Jaslika Consulting and The Write Policy.
My Four Day Sojourn in India
Jaslika at the Education Evidence for Action Conference, 5-6 December 2017
The second bi-annual conference on Education Evidence for Action (EE4A) was successfully held in Nyeri on 5th and 6th December 2017. The focus and goal of the second EE4A Conference was to consolidate evidence gathered in the past three years for policy engagement with government in the education sector.
The Search for Positive Deviance Schools Continues: Jaslika in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL)
The search for positive deviant (PD) schools in Kenya, commissioned by TWAWEZA EAST AFRICA and spearheaded by Dr. Sheila Wamahiu with a team of JASLIKA researchers, found its way to one of the ASAL (Arid and Semi-Arid Land) regions in Kenya early September, 2017.
Curriculum Reforms & Global Education Monitoring
Regional Education Learning Initiatives - RELI together with Africa Population and Health Research (APHRC), ziziAfrique and Strathmore University organized a two-hour talk on the on-going curriculum reforms in Kenya.
The Role of the Teacher in the Education and Support of the Girl Child: Our Collective Commitment
This talk by the Director of Jaslika Consulting Limited was originally presented in her capacity as UNICEF Uganda’s Chief of Education at a panel discussion commemorating International Teachers Day in 2006. The event was organised by the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Kampala.
Jaslika Consulting Completes Aga Khan Foundation Commissioned Baseline Study
Jaslika at the Think Equal Conference at the Lord Errol Hotel Runda
On Thursday 31st August, Ms Wangui Nganga and Ms Naom Ondicho represented Jaslika Consulting at a workshop organised by THINK EQUAL-Kenya at a Nairobi Hotel. The one day workshop, funded by UNICEF was graced by participants from the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), the Africa Early Childhood Network (AfECN), Plan International, Women Education Researchers of Kenya (WERK), Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, Nairobi County and early childhood teachers.
The Search for Positive Deviance Schools in Kenya
Value-based Education at ADEA 2017
Director of Jaslika Consulting, Dr. Sheila Wamahiu, shared her insights into value-based education with participants at the ADEA 2017 Triennale on Education and Training held in Dakar, Senegal. She was a panelist at a parallel session on Building Peace and Global Citizenship through Education.
The African Social Development Index: Measuring Human Exclusion for Structural Transformation
Declan Magero, co-associate of Jaslika Consulting, attended the Partners’ Briefing on the African Social Development Index (ASDI) on January 23rd 2017. The meeting was co-organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Rockefeller Foundation, Africa Office.