The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted all areas of life. An increased reliance on home educational resources have caused substantial disruptions to learning for many children and are exacerbating learning inequities. The ambitious education goals of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda are threatened by nationwide and localised school closures around the world.

The Monitoring Impacts on Learning Outcomes (MILO) project has examined reading and mathematics outcomes in 6 countries in Africa, in order to capture the effect of COVID-19 on learning and to evaluate the effectiveness of distance learning mechanisms implemented during school closures.

Date: 21 January 2022

Time: 13:00-16:00 (CET)

The webinar :

• presented the Monitoring Impacts on Learning Outcomes (MILO) project methodologies and pilot activities held in 2021
• gave the perspective of the pilot countries 
• gave an overview of the SDG learning proficiency values and trends in Africa 
• discussed important questions around measurement accuracy

• Concept note: English, French, Spanish
• Agenda: English, French

Silvia Montoya, UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Maurice Walker, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

Martin Gustafsson, University of Stellenbosch

Hilaire Hounkpodote, CONFEMEN

Burundi

Serge Kyelem, Ministry of National Education

Burkina Faso

Patrice Manengeri, Bureau de la Planification des Statistique de l'Éducation

Cote d'Ivoire

Joseph Désiré Kauphy, Directeur de la Veille et du Suivi des Programmes

Kenya

Dr Assumpta Matei, Kenya National Examination Council

Senegal

Massar Diop, Ministère de l’éducation nationale

Zambia

Shadreck Nkoya, Examinations Council of Zambia