Business Unusual: Reimagining Education for Marginalized Girls and Boys during and post COVID-19

Since mid-March 2020, around 500,000 learners in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) were not in their classrooms. BiH has responded to the disruption in learning by introducing various remote and online teaching modalities, with varying degrees of success. Vulnerable groups of children and youth, such as Roma, children and youth living in poverty, and children and youth on the move were more at risk for disrupted continuum of learning. This joint programme, implemented by UNICEF, UNESCO, ILO and UNV, aims to support authorities in their efforts to strengthening the system, which can prevent, mitigate impacts and respond quickly to emergencies, particularly when addressing the needs of the vulnerable population. Key activities are focused on mitigating and overcoming the educational disparities, learning and teaching outcomes for girls and boys as well as capacity building and empowerment of female teachers, overcoming gender data gaps and long-term investments and education policy change. The ILO’s component under this joint project strives to enhance the capacities of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) authorities for delivering quality TVET e-learning and blended learning, including enhanced capacities of TVET teachers and instructors through: (a) Supporting the development of standards and the development of e-learning platforms for TVET schools (b) Implement professional development programmes for TVET providers for creating, facilitating and implementing e-learning / blended learning in TVET (c) Establishing collaboration with the business community to compensate for the misalignment between TVET training and labour market needs (d) Developing and piloting e-learning curricula and multi-media e-learning materials for 2 key occupations in each entity.

Project symbol

BIH/20/51/UND

Admin unit

DWT/CO-Budapest

Start date

15/10/2020

End date

15/04/2022

Total allocation

84820

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

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Development Partners

Multi Partner Trust Fund Office, UNDP

Country/Countries

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Outcomes

Outcome 5: Skills and lifelong learning to facilitate access to and transitions in the labour market