In southern Sudan, EDC uses radio to provide nearly 150,000 students in 600 elementary schools with instruction in English, math, their local language, and basic skills.
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After years of leading EDC work in Malawi and Zambia, Simon Richmond recently returned to the United States. He specializes in using educational technologies such as radios and iPods to enhance learning in remote communities.
Teachers lead the fight against HIV and AIDS, high school students explore careers, out-of-school youth build skills in rural Mali.
An interactive radio program in Zanzibar is part of a plan to improve preschools across the nation.
EDC’s Sunita Singh describes how radio is being used in India to improve academic achievement and teach English to students at 70,000 schools.
Interactive radio instruction brings learning to life in classrooms
across the country, building confidence among teachers and students.
In Malawi, 20,000 primary school teachers gathered for Tikwere Day, an annual training to support educators using EDC’s interactive radio instruction program.
EDC discusses the use of mobile technology, including cellphones and radio, to improve education in Africa. Projects in Zambia and Mali are highlighted, and staff members Rebecca Rhodes, Robert Spielvogel, and Lisa M. Easterbrooks are interviewed.
EDC, the Freeplay Foundation, and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) today announced plans for a joint program to ensure Haitian children receive ongoing education in the aftermath of the January earthquake.