Maths labs boost pass rates in Sri Lanka
A Plan-supported alternative style of teaching maths is having a major impact on the Sri Lankan education system - boosting pass rates by 30%.
Plan trains tens of thousands of teachers every year so that they can deliver quality education
Learning is crucial for development and one of the most powerful tools in breaking the cycle of poverty.
Plan invests more in education than any other programme area and works to ensure that children, young people and adults get the knowledge and life skills they need to realise their full potential.
Our school improvement programme, which is a major part of our formal education work, delivers:
In 2009, Plan trained 63,561 teachers and built or rehabilitated 8,152 child-friendly schools.
In addition, we actively reach out to children who have never been to school or who have dropped out and offer them the chance of a quality education.
We are working to break down the barriers that prevent many girls being educated and have set up projects to help thousands of them into school.
For example, Plan Cambodia is working with the local authorities in Kampong Cham province to set up village classes for 397 children (200 girls), with the aim of eventually easing them into state-run schools. Plan is providing teaching materials and the teachers' food allowance.
A Plan-supported alternative style of teaching maths is having a major impact on the Sri Lankan education system - boosting pass rates by 30%.
Thousands of girls in Burkina Faso who would normally never have the chance to go to school are receiving an education thanks to an innovative programme led by Plan.
School exam pass rates have leapt from 5% to 97% over the last 2 years in Dambae district, Cambodia, thanks to Plan’s child-friendly education programmes.
