In December 2021, Porticus Africa commissioned Jaslika to investigate the uptake of e-learning by Catholic religious scholars participating in the New Generation Leadership Programme (NGLP) in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The study reveals institutional, programme and individual level challenges to the implementation of the NGLP aggravated by the abrupt and swift spread of COVID-19.
Values are one of the three pillars of the vision and mission of the Basic Education Curriculum Framework guiding education reforms in Kenya. This study led by Dr. Sheila Wamahiu provides the evidence base for the operationalization of values in the Kenyan education system.
This study led by Dr Sheila Wamahiu was the first comprehensive analysis of education of the girl-child in Kenya. Though conducted over two decades ago, issues such as the gross abuse of children’s rights in schools, widening of gender disparities to the disadvantage of girls as one ascends the education ladder, their continued marginalization in STEM, and the pockets of male disadvantage in some geographical locations that were flagged in the report remain current.
In December 2021, Porticus Africa commissioned Jaslika to investigate the uptake of e-learning by Catholic religious scholars participating in the New Generation Leadership Programme (NGLP) in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The study reveals institutional, programme and individual level challenges to the implementation of the NGLP aggravated by the abrupt and swift spread of COVID-19.
The Intergenerational Policy Dialogue Roundtable was streamed live on YouTube and recorded on 15th September 2021. Participating in the Roundtable were five policy experts, namely, Justice Hon Teresia Matheka, Chair NCAJ Special Task Force on Children Matters and Judge, High Court of Kenya; Dr Silvester Malombe, Director Policy, Partnerships and East African Community Affairs, Ministry of Education; Mr Fredrick Haga, Director, Special Needs Education, Ministry of Education; and Ms Marygorret Mogaka, Director, Department of Children Services, Ministry of Labour & Social Protection. Eight young people aged between 18 and 25 engaged the policy experts in conversation.
The assessment of the impact of Life Skills suggesting continue to be elusive for both ministries of education and civil society organisations. In consideration of this, in October 2018, Echidna Giving (echidnagiving.org) commissioned parallel studies in India and East Africa with the aim of exploring the viability of supporting civil society organisations to co-create tools to assess the impact of life skills interventions on adolescents. This report presents the findings and recommendations from the East African study undertaken by Jaslika Consulting. The report shares findings from the study and makes recommendations on the way forward.
Both the Indian and the East African studies were commissioned for Echidna’s Givings own internal learning and discussions, and were not meant to be definitive research on the state of the life skills sector. This notwithstanding, in validating the findings, many of the participating civil society organisations from the East African region commended the study as relevant and useful for their own programming.
