{"id":8001,"date":"2025-03-27T11:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialinitiative.se\/stir-education-uganda\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:06:30","slug":"stir-education-uganda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialinitiative.se\/en\/stir-education-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"STiR Education Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\r\n\t\tTransforming education through systemic change in Uganda\r\n\t<\/h2><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\r\n\t
<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/AUoxfKemgLU?si=_w45vf-uze6GihkN” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Sharath Jeevan started STiR Education<\/a> in India in 2012. He was frustrated that the Indian government had built a million new schools, but children were not thriving and learning. Teachers were seen as the problem, not the solution. He started STiR to change that narrative. <\/p>\n

Operations in Uganda began in 2014. STiR works to change the system to drive education and address the learning challenge holistically. The aim is to improve learning for all children by strengthening teachers’ drive and motivation. In close collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES), STiR designs programs to help the government train teachers in a new way of thinking, from teacher-centred to student-centred, from knowledge-based to competency-based, and from theoretical to practical. <\/p>\n

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<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]STiR works to change the education system fundamentally. Their efforts lead to better knowledge acquisition at the schools they collaborate with, and they have a broad reach across the country.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\r\n\t
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