Regional Focus

Global

Countries of Interest

Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe

Commitment

Throughout its 51-year history, the OU has supported students from the widest range of backgrounds to develop their skills and further their life choices through quality supported open and distance learning. For 20+ years, we have shared our expertise and learning through a range of international partnerships with governments, universities and NGOs to extend educational opportunity globally, supporting millions of teachers, educators and learners in challenging low resourced environments. Our pedagogy situates teachers’ and educators’ professional learning within their practice, overlaying the contexts and processes of teacher learning with those of student learning to, improve learning outcomes for students. We collaborate with all who have a stake in change to create local support networks and conducive environments for learning, drawing on high-quality learning activities, materials and relevant platforms. With Coalition members, we commit to sharing our learning on working at scale in communities and schools, reaching the unreachable, harnessing lo-tech/no-tech solutions during COVID-19 and beyond. We commit to generating evidence into emerging practices and initiatives that lead the thinking and actions of policy-makers, practitioners and communities for a more resilient future for children. We will make available our academic and research expertise in reshaping this education future.