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Education

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    Review of SA’s early childhood development policy paves way ahead

    In collaboration with UNICEF, Genesis conducted a comprehensive evaluation of South Africa’s National Integrated Early Childhood Development (NIECD) Policy to assess the progress and effectiveness of its implementation since the policy was introduced in 2015.

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    Navigating the financial landscape of ECCE in Uganda

    Genesis, in collaboration with UNICEF, conducted a detailed analysis of the costs and challenges faced by Uganda’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) sub-sector.

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    Making the case for scaling up quality ECD in Tanzania

    To support Tanzania’s efforts in expanding quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) services, Genesis, in partnership with UNICEF, developed an investment case focused on integrating ECD programmes into national development strategies.

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    Education finance tailored to Papua New Guinea context

    As part of a collaboration between the World Bank and the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Genesis customised educational finance modules for officials in PNG’s Department of Treasury and Department of Education, and created a detailed teacher guide for local trainers.

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    Piloting an EdTech solution for students in Sierra Leone

    Rising Academies, Genesis Analytics and the Tony Blair Institute have teamed up in an initiative that is piloting Khan Academy’s educational platform in secondary schools across Sierra Leone.

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    Strengthening teacher professional development in Kenya

    Genesis undertook a comprehensive assessment of Kenya’s School-Based Teacher Support Initiative (SBTSi) at the behest of the World Bank. This entailed an evaluation of the design, implementation and outcomes of the initiative in order to understand its impact on teacher professional development.

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    Highlighting impact of girls’ education project in Zimbabwe

    Genesis collaborated with Research Methods International (RMI) to undertake a comprehensive endline evaluation of the Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education (SAGE) Programme in Zimbabwe, assessing its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and impact.

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    Investment case to boost Rwanda’s ECD programme

    Genesis, in partnership with the National Child Development Agency (NCDA) and UNICEF, developed an investment case to support and strengthen Rwanda’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme for children aged 0-6 years.

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    Evaluation of Catch-Up programme in Luapula, Zambia

    Genesis is evaluating the Catch-Up programme in Luapula, one of Zambia’s 10 provinces, with the goal of improving literacy and numeracy among young learners using the Teaching at the Right Level approach.

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    Pilot study to help young children in BiH beat the odds

    Genesis has helped Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), a country with an ageing population, invest in young children.

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    Helping hands for early childhood education in Lebanon

    Genesis has joined forces with the World Bank and the Lebanese Ministry of Education to strengthen the Early Childhood Education (ECE) system in that country. The project, which started in June 2022, aims to increase the enrolment and quality of ECE services for children aged three to six years.

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    Rapid appraisal of Limpopo's 2021 matric results

    Genesis was commissioned by the Limpopo Department of Education, through the Member of the Executive Committee for Education and the Provincial Head of Department, to conduct a rapid appraisal of the province’s education system.

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    Assisting a low-fee independent school to articulate its impact

    Genesis in Society, the firm's corporate social investment arm, engaged Molo Mhlaba to conduct a programmatic assessment of the school, update the school’s theory of change and establish an impact framework to help Molo Mhlaba build an investment case for the school’s future donors.

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    Reimagining higher education in South Africa

    Genesis convened the Reimagining Higher Education initiative with the Motsepe Foundation and BSG to identify concrete EdTech solutions to overcome critical constraints in South Africa’s higher education.

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    Developing a fundraising strategy for a coding-for-kids start-up

    Genesis Analytics’ Centre of Digital Excellence (C0DE) and Financial Services Strategy (FSS) teams partnered with CodeNgwana, an NGO initiative that provides foundational coding lessons to African children, to support its growth objectives over the next three years.

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    Assessing tech-enabled solutions to global youth unemployment

    Genesis was commissioned by Mercy Corps to conduct a rapid impact assessment of its Youth Impact Labs (YIL) programme.

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    Creating better opportunities for young people with 4IR

    Genesis has partnered with UNICEF in Rwanda, South Africa, Oman and Qatar to conduct a foundational landscape analysis that informs the development of the country investment agenda for young people in each country.

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    Building the case for an investment in ECD in Burundi

    Genesis Analytics partnered with UNICEF and the Government of Burundi to build the case for multi-sectoral early childhood development (ECD) investments in the country and recommend the package of ECD interventions that is optimal to boost the development of its youngest generation and, thus, of the nation as a whole.

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    Evaluating project to empower 2000 scholars through school

    The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) appointed Genesis to conduct a mid-term review of their 10-year programme to support 2,000 scholars (primarily girls) in Rwanda and Ethiopia through secondary school, and to further support a group of the Rwandan scholars through university.

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    Our behavioural solutions team lifts school attendance by 14%

    Genesis Analytics partnered with the Fun Learning for Youth (FLY) programme in Alexandra to help them improve attendance and attainment rates. The interventions resulted in a 14% increase in student attendance across all grades over the five-week period.

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    Innovative funding for project to address teenage pregnancy

    Genesis Analytics was appointed with a consortium of partners to provide technical support for a social impact bond to address HIV and pregnancy in school-going adolescent girls in South Africa.

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    Unpacking gig opportunities for unemployed Kenyan youth

    Genesis partnered with Mercy Corps Youth Impact Labs (YIL) Kenya to undertake a study that unpacks the potential that the gig economy has in solving Kenya’s unemployment challenge.

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    Sexual and reproductive services will improve health of SA's youth

    Genesis Analytics supported the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to investigate the understanding, accessibility and acceptability of providing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services to boys and girls attending school in South Africa.

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    Impact of in-school classes for budding entrepreneurs

    Genesis Analytics was contracted to conduct an impact evaluation targeting learners who had completed three years of the startUP&go programme funded by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). 

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