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BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
This case study presents the strengths and weaknesses of a series of three INEE Conflict Sensitive Education (CSE) workshops held in November 2019 (Training 3) and November 2020 (Training 4 and 5) as part of the Never too Late to Learn consortium in DRC. Given the work provided to tailor the content of the training pack to the participants’ needs and abilities, this case study looks at the extent to which training adaptation, contextualization, and co-creation, ensured concrete and improved, positive impact on trainees’ work and institutionalization.
The three 3-day workshops took place in Eastern DRC (Mweso, Kitchanga, and Rutshuru). Those locations are at the heart of conflict and physical access is difficult due to the challenging landscape and fragile infrastructure. Kitchanga is host to refugee and internally displaced populations. The three locations were identified as high-priority for a CSE training and providing more localized trainings allowed a higher participation of local actors.
The overall objectives were the same for the three trainings: to increase participants’ knowledge of the INEE Minimum Standards, build skills on the topic of conflict-sensitive education to increase use of the INEE CSE Pack, and strengthen its institutionalization.
The final training was conducted in a hybrid format with in-person and pre-recorded facilitation. Participants of all three trainings had a background in EiE but not all had previous knowledge of INEE and its tools, they were mainly organizations’ staff, Primary,
Secondary and Technical inspectors, education advisors, and other education staff.
Post-training questionnaires were disseminated to participants via email and WhatsApp for the first training, and in-person via focus group discussions held by the co-facilitators for the second and third trainings.