Developing, implementing and evaluating the SOFIE model:Supporting increased educational access for vulnerable pupils in rural Malawi

Jere, Catherine M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7934-3951 (2011) Developing, implementing and evaluating the SOFIE model:Supporting increased educational access for vulnerable pupils in rural Malawi. Institute of Education, University of London. ISBN 978-1-906648-16-9

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Abstract

SOFIE is a three year Research Project supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Economic and Social Science Research Council (ESRC). Its purpose is to strengthen open, distance and flexible learning (ODFL) systems and structures to increase access to education for young people living in high HIV prevalence areas in Malawi and Lesotho. It seeks to achieve this through developing a new, more flexible model of education that uses ODFL to complement and enrich conventional schooling. It also seeks to encourage application of the new knowledge generated through effective communication to development agencies, governments, development professionals, non-governmental organisations and other interested stakeholders. In high HIV prevalence areas orphans and other vulnerable children are frequently unable to go to school regularly. In this context sustained access and learning is critical to long term improvements in risk and vulnerability and it requires new models of schooling to be developed and tested. This report presents findings from the development, piloting and evaluation of a flexible model of schooling that combines distance learning strategies and materials with community support. The findings show a significant reduction in dropout amongst Standard 6 pupils in intervention schools and discusses the perceived benefits and challenges of implementing the SOFIE model.

Item Type:	Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	education,malawi,evaluation,flexible learning,sdg 3 - good health and well-being,sdg 4 - quality education ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	05 Feb 2016 08:22
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2022 09:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/56959
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