
Dialogue can bridge the gap between policy and research

in improving learning outcomes; lessons from the GPEKIX Africa symposium




This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Soka University of America (USA), features Monirath (Moni) Siv, the founder and CEO of Teach For Cambodia (TFC). In the Podcast, Mr. Siv talks about his motivation to start a new educational organization in Cambodia, along with some of the challenges and barriers he had to face.
In this qualitative study, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) seeks to examine how national and regional decisionmakers in the public sector approach scaling education innovations in low- and middle-income countries. This includes exploring what they see as key factors or influences on the process of supporting or adopting education innovations to scale, what the contours and calculations of their decisionmaking processes are, and how broader components of the decisionmaking ecosystem interrelate.
A new report from the Data Must Speak (DMS) Positive Deviance Research presents an analysis of the resources and contextual factors associated with school performance in Nepal, ranging from a teacher’s gender to the presence of children’s clubs at the school.
This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor of Comparative and International Education and Leadership at Soka University of America (USA), features the story of Tamader Al-Tarifi Awad Al-Karim, a former school teacher in Sudan who led a social movement that propelled her to become the Federal Minister of Educat
This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Dr. Karma Utha, Assistant Professor in Samtse College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan. In the podcast, Dr. Utha talks about upholding research that examines public education policies and about improving the quality of education in Bhutan.
This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features
KIX is a joint endeavor between the International Development Research Centre and the Global Partnership for Education to connect expertise, innovation and knowledge to support low- and middle-income countries to build stronger education systems and accelerate progress toward SDG 4.
KIX brings together 70 low- and middle-income countries that are partners of the Global Partnership for Education to identify common policy challenges and facilitate knowledge sharing and evidence building. KIX currently funds 36 projects across these 70 countries. Click through the countries in the map to learn about the work that is being done in each country.
KIX is designed to be shaped by the demand from national education systems and respond to their principal policy and programming challenges. KIX both funds research and facilitates knowledge sharing among country stakeholders to enhance their education systems using relevant evidence and actionable research.
A lot of research is conducted with the hope that it will inform perspectives and lead to policy action. However, this is not always the case in…
Education is critical in preparing individuals to lead healthy and successful lives by providing them with applicable educational experiences…