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The 2027 allocation for this project is $120,240. We can break that down to the school, the term, or the line item.
Mathematics and Sciences Education Development Project
Putting qualified mathematics and science teachers in rural classrooms, and training the teachers already there.
- 2027 budget
- $120,240 (42.8% of total)
- Period
- 2022–2032
- Reach
- 6 rural schools, over 10,000 pupils
- Sites
- All partner schools in Zambia and Malawi.
What we are responding to
The situation
Rural schools in Zambia face an acute shortage of teachers, and the shortage is worst in mathematics and the sciences. Many teachers decline rural postings, leaving schools severely understaffed.
The conditions behind those refusals are concrete: limited access to health facilities, food and clean water; poor roads; inadequate housing; and few opportunities for professional development or career advancement.
The effect on pupils is a rural school passing rate of around 20%, and a choice families should never have to make — send a child to school, or keep them home to help with farming and household work.
Delivery
What the programme actually does
Mathematics and Sciences Connect
- Invite international teachers to teach mathematics and sciences.
- Employ more mathematics and sciences teachers in rural schools.
- Focus on selected topics from local syllabi and introduce international perspectives.
- Give top-performing rural pupils the chance to study at better-resourced schools within Zambia.
- Carry out research on what is and is not working.
STEM programme
- Run STEM research and virtual science projects covering science innovation, technology, aquaculture and mixed farming.
- Promote hands-on learning and modern agricultural knowledge and technology.
- Raise rural pupils’ hopes and aspirations for what they can go on to do.
Teacher training and capacity building
- Conduct workshops for rural mathematics and sciences teachers.
- Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing between teachers.
- Cover mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry.
The other two pillars
This does not work alone
$113,884 Education Meals and Education Health Project Two meals a day, clean water, and medical attention for pupils who would otherwise go without any of the three. $46,800 Guidance, Counselling and Christian Education Project A support system for pupils carrying more than a child should — and a route back into school for girls pulled out of it.
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