Panel: How can the private sector contribute to successful education programming?

Description

The Instant Network Schools (INS) programme was developed by Vodafone Foundation and UNHCR as an integrated platform that transforms an existing classroom into a multimedia hub. This involves a robust teacher training programme, curation of digital content aligned to the local curriculum, and creating an enabling multimedia environment complete with a local area network and Internet connectivity. To date, the INS programme has established 36 centers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Sudan and Tanzania, with a planned expansion taking place to establish 255 new INS schools across 6 countries reaching 10,000 teachers and 510,000 students by 2025. Educational responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have stressed the importance of connected education investments, like the INS. While COVID responses have revealed a critical digital divide, the locations where the INS was active, individuals (be it students, families, and teachers) had the prerequisite skills required to support continuous or alternative learning approaches. This section will look at how investments like the INS were leveraged for COVID responses, and what plans are underway to continue to utilize these centres to support catch-up programmes as schools reopen. This panel discussion was part of the interactive conference on "The Impact of COVID-19 on refugee education" on 19 June 2020 as part of the Long Night of Ideas organized by the German Federal Foreign Office. For more information, please visit our website: https://www.unhcr.org/dach/de/45421-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-refugee-education.html

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Published to Youtube on: 10/07/2020

Archived on: 08/10/2025

Original URL (may no longer be available): https://youtube.com/watch?v=XIJOFr7ixRg