International Development Grant
Improving Refugee Teaching Capacities in Kenya
Project Number: CA-3-S065648001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $4,647,127.00
Start Date: February 07, 2013
End Date: May 31, 2019
Duration: 6.3 years
Project Description
This project aims to provide better quality education to 18 000 elementary and secondary students by training 400 uncertified refugee and local Kenyan teachers in the Dadaab refugee camps that includes one of the largest refugee camps in the world. The project offers university-based teacher education programs at the primary and secondary levels for local teachers which help teachers to improve their teaching skills which in turn helps to ensure that students do better in elementary and secondary school. Engaging these teachers as students in on-line and on-site university degree programs aims to build portable teaching capacity in the refugee camps and vicinity. The project also seeks to serve as a model for possible replication in other developing countries offering asylum to refugees.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) enhanced teaching workforce in the Dadaab refugee camps and local surrounding communities in Kenya; and (2) enhanced effectiveness of Kenyan universities in delivering quality inter-cultural and gender-sensitive university programs for marginalized groups and communities.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of April 2015 include: (1) the delivery of six courses for 115 students admitted to the Certificate in Educational Studies – Elementary (CES-E) by instructors of York University; (2) the delivery of eight courses for 87 students admitted to the Diploma in Teacher Education – Secondary (DTE-S) by instructors from Moi University (MU) and the University of British Columbia (UBC); and (3) the first cohort of 199 students graduated from the Increased Access and Skills to Tertiary Education Program (InSTEP). At the end of Year 1 205 students attended the program. Of these 132 students (21 women and 111 men 16 Kenyan and 116 refugees) worked as classroom teachers or educators the other 73 students (39 women and 34 men 27 refugees and 46 Kenyan) were support staff.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
York University Centre for International and Security Studies
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Donor country personnel
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP