Malawi eyes India's education model

By Wezzie Gausi: Malawi is looking to India's education reforms as it seeks to improve foundational literacy and numeracy, with government officials saying lessons from the Asian nation could help shape education reforms across Africa. This came to light in Lilongwe yesterday during the Building Foundations for Learning: Lessons for Africa and Learning for India Pre-Africa Foundational Learning Exchange (Pre-FLEX), which brought together education ministers, policymakers and experts from Africa and India. Opening the conference, Education Minister Bright Msaka said African countries were increasingly recognising that foundational learning was not only an education issue but also an economic and development priority. "We are united by one common purpose, which is ensuring that every child acquires the foundational skills needed to succeed in school and in life and also to participate fully in society and help shape Africa's future. "India's experience is especially relevant for Malawi and Africa because it has wrestled with many of the same realities that we face today, including linguistic diversity, decentralised systems, limited resources and disparities between rural and urban communities," he said. United Nations Children's Emergency Fund Representative Penelope Campbell said the partnership among African countries, India and development partners was key to ensuring that children acquired foundational skills at the right age. "Every child should enter school ready to learn. Every child should acquire the foundational skills needed to succeed. And every child should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Not some children. Every child," Campbell said. KUMAR—Government schools areoutperforming private schools Former Secretary in India's Department of School Education and Literacy Sanjay Kumar said India's reforms demonstrated that sustained political commitment and coordinated implementation could improve learning outcomes. He said the National Education Policy of 2020 brought early childhood education into the formal school system and led to the launch of the NIPUN Bharat Mission, whose goal is to ensure that every child attains foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Standard 3. Kumar said government, the private sector, non-governmental organisations and teacher training institutions worked together to transform India's education system. "Recent national assessments have shown government schools outperforming private schools in several Indian states, an indication that the reforms are producing positive results," he said. The three-day Africa Foundational Learning Exchange, which starts in Lilongwe today, will provide a platform for African governments to exchange experiences on curricula reform, teacher development, multilingual instruction, assessment systems and evidence-based implementation aimed at improving learning outcomes across the continent.

WIRE — By Wezzie Gausi: Malawi is looking to India's education reforms as it seeks to improve foundational literacy and numeracy, with government officials saying lessons from the Asian nation could help shape education reforms across Africa. This came to light in Lilongwe yesterday during the Building Foundations for Learning: Lessons for Africa and Learning for India Pre-Africa Foundational Learning Exchange (Pre-FLEX), which brought together education ministers, policymakers and experts from Africa and India. Opening the conference, Education Minister Bright Msaka said African countries were increasingly recognising that foundational learning was not only an education issue but also an economic and development priority. "We are united by one common purpose, which is ensuring that every child acquires the foundational skills needed to succeed in school and in life and also to participate fully in society and help shape Africa's future. "India's experience is especially relevant for Malawi and Africa because it has wrestled with many of the same realities that we face today, including linguistic diversity, decentralised systems, limited resources and disparities between rural and urban communities," he said. United Nations Children's Emergency Fund Representative Penelope Campbell said the partnership among African countries, India and development partners was key to ensuring that children acquired foundational skills at the right age. "Every child should enter school ready to learn. Every child should acquire the foundational skills needed to succeed. And every child should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Not some children. Every child," Campbell said. KUMAR—Government schools areoutperforming private schools Former Secretary in India's Department of School Education and Literacy Sanjay Kumar said India's reforms demonstrated that sustained political commitment and coordinated implementation could improve learning outcomes. He said the National Education Policy of 2020 brought early childhood education into the formal school system and led to the launch of the NIPUN Bharat Mission, whose goal is to ensure that every child attains foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Standard 3. Kumar said government, the private sector, non-governmental organisations and teacher training institutions worked together to transform India's education system. "Recent national assessments have shown government schools outperforming private schools in several Indian states, an indication that the reforms are producing positive results," he said. The three-day Africa Foundational Learning Exchange, which starts in Lilongwe today, will provide a platform for African governments to exchange experiences on curricula reform, teacher development, multilingual instruction, assessment systems and evidence-based implementation aimed at improving learning outcomes across the continent.

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