Sierra Leone’s Radio Teaching Programme : Challenges and Opportunities
Radio has been a critical tool to ensure the continuity of learning in the face external shocks. Sierra Leone has used this tool both when Ebola struck, and now, with COVID-19. What can we learn from their experience what can be done to improve the...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/992461634023552373/Sierra-Leone-s-Radio-Teaching-Programme-Challenges-and-Opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36453 |
| Summary: | Radio has been a critical tool to
ensure the continuity of learning in the face external
shocks. Sierra Leone has used this tool both when Ebola
struck, and now, with COVID-19. What can we learn from their
experience what can be done to improve the program and
deepen its impacts This report documents the experience of
Sierra Leone using radio as an emergency response and its
plans for the future. It also presents emerging evidence of
the impact of radio over learning using information from
Sierra Leone and globally. It provides recommendations
including using radio as remediation tool to complement
normal schooling. using radio to improve learning during
school hours, and using radio as a continuous professional
development tool. |
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