Catch-up remedial classes aim to improve learning outcomes for girls facing gender-related barriers.To create a
safe and supportive environment, additional interventions include safeguarding, counseling, mentorship programs,
affirmative action, increasing community support, and providing scholarships and financial support for transport,uniform and sanitary wear.
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Implemented in Windle Secondary Schools in Dadaab and previously in Kakuma, the model won a best practice award at the 2019 Global Refugee Forum in Geneva.This celebrated Windle innovation aims to achieve double enrollment by sharing physical infrastructure and teaching materials.
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The pilot model enables one teacher to teach multiple classes at once using technology, addressing overcrowding in Windle schools.
Expected outcomes include solving staffing gaps ,uniform syllabus coverage and
improving students' Ed Tech capacity among other benefits.
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This includes creating alternative pathways in integrated settlements to develop skills for social development and increase employability.
Additionally,we have pioneered blended online and onsite learning models that offer scalability, allowing students to stop at any level of learning.
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The innovative approach, implemented by Windle International to address overcrowding in secondary schools in refugee camps, won a Best Practice Award in 2016 and was celebrated by UNHCR at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva in 2019. This recognition highlighted its tangible impact on improving access to education for refugees. The model exemplifies how creative solutions can transform education systems and improve opportunities for marginalized communities, particularly refugees facing barriers to quality education. Windle International has successfully implemented the model across various schools, showcasing its scalability and effectiveness in addressing educational challenges in resource-constrained environments.
The initiative allows more students to attend school by dividing the day into two shifts, morning and afternoon thereby maximizing the use of existing infrastructure without overburdening teachers. Each shift operates as an independent school with separate teachers, administrators, and schedules, ensuring quality education delivery while maintaining manageable workloads for staff.
Shared facilities such as classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and sports grounds are utilized efficiently by both shifts. This system reduces the need for additional infrastructure, making it cost-effective while addressing the urgent need for increased access to secondary education.
By accommodating more students, the innovation has significantly improved enrollment rates and retention in secondary schools within refugee camps. It also provides flexibility for special groups like older or married students who can attend classes during the afternoon shift.
Windle International is known for its innovative approaches to education, particularly in refugee settings. Windle International emphasizes the use of technology to improve education delivery. This includes leveraging digital tools to provide innovative solutions, such as the models below.
Windle leverages technology to deliver live classroom lessons from a central location to multiple streams, ensuring uniformity in curriculum delivery. This model has been particularly beneficial in our refugee schools for refugee students who have fled conflict zones where educational systems are often disrupted. The model is packaged in the following ways:-
A Central Classroom as broadcasting center and serves as the hub for live lesson broadcasts to multiple locations. The setup allows for efficient use of resources, ensuring that learners across different locations receive consistent and high-quality educational content.
The model utilizes advanced technological devices and applications tools to facilitate real-time broadcasting of lessons. This includes video conferencing software, high-speed internet connectivity, audio amplifiers, projectors, whiteboards and projection screens to enhance engagement and interaction.
Teachers are equipped with the necessary skills and techniques to effectively deliver curriculum content using digital platforms. This training ensures that educators are comfortable with technology integration and can adapt their teaching methods to a virtual or hybrid classroom environment.
Due to scarcity of resources and shrinking of humanitarian support, this approach supports sustainability of Windle education programmes while ensuring uniformity in curriculum delivery by broadcasting lessons from a central location, ensuring that all learners receive the same educational content, regardless of their location.
