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Education technology (edtech) is a huge and multifaceted area, and it has the potential to contribute to every aspect of school life and approach to education reform. Edtech can support learning and behaviour change, enable greater engagement across the education sector, and provide opportunities for better inclusion of marginalised and hard-to-reach communities.

EDT was proud to sponsor the annual Education World Forum from Sunday 19th to Wednesday 22nd May, at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster, London. 

West Yorkshire Combined Authority is injecting £10 million of Shared Prosperity Fund funding into initiatives across the region which aim to reduce inequalities, raise living standards and grow the economy.

EDT has been the strategic partner of the Dubai government’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) since 2006, providing support relating to the improvement of private schools through inspection. In this insight piece, our Education Director, Tony McAleavy, analyses the extent to which the KHDA inspection system has contributed to the measurable improvement in learning outcomes in Dubai private schools.

We are pleased to announce that EDT will be managing a new technical assistance hub for foundational literacy and numeracy programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The $1.5 million project, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has been named Engeza, which means to ‘add’ or ‘increase’ in the Zulu and Ndebele languages.

The learning crisis in many low-income countries demands reform at scale, but how exactly can change be delivered swiftly and successfully? The Brookings Institution’s work in recent years has been trailblazing in what it takes to achieve this, and Brad Olsen is able to give key insights into how we deliver such reform in the Global South. Brad joins us alongside EDT’s Elizabeth Ogott and Clare Buntic, as we delve into the ingredients to transformation, teacher buy-in, and togetherness.

The TEACH (Teacher Effectiveness and Equitable Access for All Children) programme is designed to enhance teachers’ effectiveness and improve learning outcomes across Zimbabwe.

TARGET provided essential technical support to projects focused on improving quality of education for all in Ethiopia, with an emphasis on inclusion and equity for marginalised learners.

EDT provided capacity building and quality assurance support to the Ministry of Education in Jordan as part of the launch of Learning Bridges in 2020. The programme was designed to help one million students recover and accelerate their learning following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.