SKUS is a non-profit and non-government voluntary women led development organization which is duly registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau of Bangladesh. SKUS has been working since 1995 to empower the poor and vulnerable people and create self-financed, self-employed and self-empowered communities with increased capabilities by providing need-based services and supports like child health, sanitation, child education, HIV/AIDS prevention, child protection, prevention of gender-based violence, emergency humanitarian responses to vulnerable communities.
Street Child has partnered with SKUS to develop a self-sufficient remote instruction framework which will be effective in emergencies and extremely low-resource environments, and to engage children who are learning without technology or parental guidance in the Rohingya refugee context.
Roughly 1 billion children worldwide are out of school due to school closures related to COVID-19. Children in humanitarian settings face a double crisis as the health emergency disrupts their opportunities to learn, develop and thrive. Ensuring children can continue to learn during the pandemic, no matter their access to technology, must be central to the COVID-19 response in fragile contexts.
So far, the Government of Bangladesh is not ready for Interactive remote learning methodologies using Internet and digital devices for Education. As, there is no other way than Education Services, remote learning will be the most effective Education Service during this COVID-19 Pandemic in humanitarian responses.
In this program, SKUS developed a remote based learning module with the help of a third-party consultant and implemented this module within the FDMN children shifted to Bhashanchar from Kutupalong Camp, aged 6-11 years. This module is supported by printed materials and audio recordings on English, Math, Burmese Language and Life skill lessons.
So far, EaH program has been able to capture 575 students in Bhashanchar with this remote learning module
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