PS for Education Chikondano Musa visited Yepa Primary School in Lilongwe to appreciate how learners and teachers are implementing the National Numeracy Programme (NNP).
She observed classes in session where children demonstrated new mathematical skills
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The Global Book Alliance uses a market shaping approach to strengthen book supply chains around the world. Each step of a book supply chain must work efficiently to ensure children have access to high-quality books in their own languages.
π§΅ Steps of the book supply chain:
Christophe Barth recently wrote two guides with and for the World Bank Group Read@Home programme to contribute towards sustainability, increasing availability and affordability for learners https://t.co/fzLcQtGBdj
#closethebookgap
Exciting to see learners sharing new mathematics books with the two π²πΌ π¬π§ Ministers today. New materials developed by @MinOfEducation National Numeracy Programme are building strong foundations for children to succeed at school @Camb_Ed @BlueTree_Group@UKinMalawi
Meet Ishita Tanna, BlueTree's newest team member! "I am excited to join BlueTree Group and contribute to the development and accessibility of education in different countries."
https://t.co/E63SXpPzwr
Braille is an essential means of communication for blind & partially-sighted people - and can help achieve the #GlobalGoals.
Tuesday is #WorldBrailleDay: https://t.co/sO1ETiESqd
According to the WHO, approximately 15% of the global population, live with some form of disability. We wrote a blog on the challenges in providing learning materials for Special Needs Children in Developing Countries. https://t.co/aiSVpmDfj3
#WorldBrailleDay
Did you miss our recent webinar on the Global Book Supply Chain? π
Watch it here and hear key insights from GBA partners in Malawi and Zambia:
https://t.co/2w569pUSha
Season's greetings from BlueTree Group! Working with all our partners this past year has been an amazing venture. Thank you all for being such an important part of what we do; increasing access to affordable high-quality books for children in low-income countries across the globe
Bulky paper is a recent innovation within the printing industry, and is very suitable for the printing of textbooks, because of its light-weight and thickness. This makes the paper less expensive compared to equivalent paper types. https://t.co/4l4cPjVie3 #paper#booksupplychain
Audio books support learning for students with learning disabilities and who are blind/low vision. Students without disabilities also benefit.
This resource from GBA partner @USAID focuses on technology and accessibility: https://t.co/RQQofYRbt8
#BooksForAll#CloseTheBookGap π
In Malawi, Christophe Barth is conducting quality assurance checks, during the printing and distribution of mathematics workbooks for standards one to four.
Learn more about our Malawi project here: https://t.co/f9VB2b55n4
#qualityassurance#booksupplychain#printing#malawi
Today is Intl #LiteracyDay. Yet the current health crisis has closed schools & prevented children from learning. W/o urgent action, the pandemic will roll back decades of progress. Let's work together to make sure all children receive a quality education! https://t.co/vIiecN1UNM
π«π· Pour nos amis et partenaires francophones, notre site est maintenant en franΓ§ais, venez nous rendre visite!
π¬π§ For our francophone friends and partners, our site is now in French, come visit us!
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Last week Samuel was in Ghana monitoring distribution and he noticed these roofless schools. "The winds blew away the roofs to their classrooms, but not their desire to learn".
We have officially launched our new website! π
While our logo, colours and website have changed, we still work towards our goal of increasing access to affordable high-quality books for children in low-income countries.
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