An educator in Hama visits every week to give exercises to this young girl and to train her parents, who can then work with her to develop and improve her capacity to a maximum.
AKDN / Naoura Al-Azmeh
An educator in Hama visits every week to give exercises to this young girl and to train her parents, who can …
AKDN / Naoura Al-Azmeh
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With a high proportion of out-of-school students, particularly girls, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is working to improve learning outcomes.
3,600
AKF has created over 3,600 alternative learning spaces
Education Initiatives
The Aga Khan Foundation’s (AKF) Adolescent Girls’ Education in Crisis Initiative increases the capacity of adolescent girls and young women to make decisions about educational opportunities. This aims to improve gender-responsive and inclusive learning environments.
Before the current crisis, we worked with the Ministry of Education (MoE) at both local and national levels to support the education system. Education initiatives ranged from early childhood development to professional teacher development. AKDN worked with local authorities and civil society organisations to advance early childhood education programmes and English-language instruction.
In 2002, AKDN agencies began providing computer laboratories and training for use in 12 schools across Syria. In 2006, we inaugurated an English Language-ICT centre in Salamieh.
Professional Development of Teachers
We engage in adapting, localising, translating and disseminating courses and other global resources on teacher training, pluralism and other topics. This provides teachers with professional development on creating inclusive classroom environments. The training reached almost 1,200 teachers and school heads in 2022.