AU Pan African Institute of Education for Development

28/08/2026

Education data in South Sudan are generated by 14 different institutions and spread across six parallel EMIS platforms.

This is among the findings of a new policy brief from the AU Pan African Institute of Education for Development on an EMIS Strengthening Mission in South Sudan, conducted from 16 to 18 March 2026 under the GPE KIX Africa 19 Hub.

The brief sets out how the country's education data are collected, managed, and used, and recommends a comprehensive data landscape analysis.

Read the brief:https://www.iicba.unesco.org/sites/default/files/medias/fichiers/2026/07/Validated%20KIX%20Policy%20Brief_South%20Sudan%20EMIS%20Strengthening.pdf

Global Partnership for Education | IDRC / CRDI

27/08/2026

Join the third session of the Community of Practice in in Africa on "Increasing the share of female teachers and school leaders in Africa” , Thursday 27th August, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. East Africa Time (UTC +3). Click here for the link to attend.

The session will explore the questions, What does the evidence from Africa say about the role of female school leaders? What can be done to increase the share of female school leaders in Africa?, through interactive presentations by UNESCO IICBA, UNICEF Innocenti, and a female school leader in .
By the end of the session, you will be able to describe the value of female school leaders using evidence from Africa, and access informational resources on female school leadership to use in your work.

The organizers of today's session are UNESCO IICBA, UNICEF ESARO, and the African Union, through the Africa 19 Hub.

Register here: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/nsEblUXWQaWyGFfUM3_vkQ

The Community of Practice in Gender Equality in Education in Africa meets tomorrow, Thursday 27 August, for its third session, on increasing the share of female teachers and school leaders in Africa.

The session will explore what the evidence from Africa says about the role of female school leaders, and what can be done to increase their share. It features interactive presentations by UNESCO IICBA, UNICEF Innocenti, and a female school leader in Uganda.

By the end, participants will be able to describe the value of female school leaders using evidence from Africa, and to access informational resources on female school leadership for their own work.

2:00 to 4:00 p.m. East Africa Time (UTC+3).

Register: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/nsEblUXWQaWyGFfUM3_vkQ

IDRC / CRDI | Global Partnership for Education | UNESCO | UNICEF Africa

25/08/2026

⏳ 1 hour to go!

Join us for the 4th KIX Knowledge Café on Statistical Processes in Education Data Systems, convened by AU-IPED under the GPE KIX Africa 19 Hub.
🕑 2:00–4:00 p.m. EAT
💻 Virtual
🔗 Register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/O2ZGQSi7S3WbhHmUAnFzgA

News Mozambique convenes GPEKIX National Policy Dialogue to turn evidence into action for education Aug. 13, 2026, 1:55 p.m. Connecting KIX Evidence to Education Data System Strengthening in Mozambique Aug. 13, 2026, 1:52 p.m. Rethinking Education Together: The KIXA19 National Policy Dialogue in Moz...

18/08/2026

Register for the 4th on Statistical Processes in Education Data Systems that will create a country-led peer-learning space to explore how validation, quality assurance, harmonization and documentation can strengthen the credibility and use of education data.

Theme: Statistical Processes that Make Education Data Credible and Usable
📅 Tuesday, 25 August 2026
⏰ 2:00–4:00 p.m. EAT
💻 Virtual

Featuring:
🌍 Malawi, Somalia and Ministry Of Technical and Higher Education, Sierra Leone
🎙️ UNESCO-UIS
📊 AU-IPED’s EMIS Self-Assessment Platform
🤝 Interactive peer learning

Education and data professionals - and anyone interested in strengthening education data systems, are warmly invited.

🔗 Register:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/O2ZGQSi7S3WbhHmUAnFzgA

🔎 Read the full announcement:
https://iped.africa/news-event/au-iped-to-convene-the-4th-kix-knowledge-cafe-on-statistical-processes-in-education-data

Convened by the African Union’s Pan-African Institute for Education for Development through the Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative, under the Global Partnership for Education KIX Africa 19 Hub a joint endeavour with IDRC / CRDI

News Mozambique convenes GPEKIX National Policy Dialogue to turn evidence into action for education Aug. 13, 2026, 1:55 p.m. Connecting KIX Evidence to Education Data System Strengthening in Mozambique Aug. 13, 2026, 1:52 p.m. Rethinking Education Together: The KIXA19 National Policy Dialogue in Moz...

14/08/2026

Reliable data lets a government see what's working, where the gaps are, and where investment will matter most. But it only counts when it reaches the decisions it's meant to shape.

Ahead of the National Policy Dialogue in Mozambique during the first week of August, African Union's Pan African Institute of Education for Development and Unesco International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa - IICBA through the GPE KIX Africa 19 Hub, supported a two-day assessment of the country's education data ecosystem - looking beyond the formal Education Management Information System to how data is really collected, used, and turned into decisions.

The takeaway: firm foundations to build on, and national stakeholders naming their own priorities to strengthen the system.

Our new article unpacks what the assessment found, why it matters for teachers, resources and planning, and how it's shaping the next phase of KIX support in Mozambique.

🔗 Read it here: https://iped.africa/news-event/connecting-kix-evidence-to-education-data-system-strengthening-in-mozambique

11/08/2026

📢 Join the second session of the Community of Practice on Gender-Responsive Education in Africa!

Facilitated by Unesco International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa - IICBA, VVOB in Kenya and UNICEF through the Africa 19 hub, this practical session will support participants to explore gender-responsive education resources and develop plans for applying or sharing them within their institutions.

📅 Thursday, 13 August 2026
🕑 2:00–4:00 p.m. EAT (UTC+3)

💻 Register here: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/nsEblUXWQaWyGFfUM3_vkQ

Participants who fully attend four of the five Community of Practice sessions will receive a certificate of participation.

🔗 Explore the resource compendium ahead of the session: https://www.iicba.unesco.org/en/compendium-resources-gender-responsive-teacher-development-africa

Compendium of Resources on Gender Responsive Teacher Development in Africa

07/08/2026

Today marks the final day of the National Policy Dialogue on Knowledge and Innovation Exchange in Mozambique, convened in Maputo from 3-7th August by the AU Pan African Institute of Education for Development, and the Ministry of Education and Culture of Mozambique, with the support of UNESCO-IICBA.

What began with visits to classrooms and district education offices in Maputo grew, over five days, into a candid conversation about how policy is made - and how evidence actually reaches the child in the classroom.

A few convictions carried the week.
✔️ That teachers are strengthened by more coherent training and steady, ongoing support.
✔️That a school is only truly inclusive when it is safe and welcoming for every girl and every child with a disability - and that mentorship, girls' clubs and community engagement are already showing how.
✔️That the earliest years deserve far greater reach, especially in rural communities, through models that connect education with health, nutrition and family support.
✔️And that none of this holds without reliable data to guide the decisions behind it.

These threads are now being drawn together into a national Action Plan - a shared roadmap of priorities and next steps to carry the collaboration forward with the support of GPEKIX, and in line with the Continental Education Strategy for Africa ( 2026–2035) and the AU Decade of Education (2025–2034).

This progress reflects the shared effort of government, research institutions, development partners and civil society, working together through the Global Partnership for Education's - a joint initiative with Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Together, we continue to build the

📢 More to come: A closer look at the field visits and the work on Mozambique's education data systems.

African Union Lukman Jaji Unesco International Institute for Educational Planning - IIEP KIX Africa 19 Hub Kix Anglophone Africa Hub Global Partnership for Education IDRC / CRDI Ministério da Educação e Cultura - MEC

03/08/2026

How can evidence, equity, and innovation shape the future of education in Mozambique?

This week, from 3-7 August, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Mozambique and the African Union's Pan-African Institute of Education for Development are convening the National Policy Dialogue on Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) in Maputo.

Held through the Africa19 Hub, the dialogue brings together participants from government, research, higher education, and development partners to strengthen knowledge sharing and evidence-based policy.

Discussions will focus on four priority themes:
✔️ Professional development of teachers
✔️ Equity, gender equality, and inclusion
✔️ Early childhood education
✔️ Strengthening education data systems

Combining school field visits with thematic sessions and plenary debates, the dialogue will culminate in a shared Action Plan - reinforcing Mozambique's commitment to SDG 4 and the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 2026–2035).

African Union Unesco International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa - IICBA Global Partnership for Education IDRC / CRDI

28/07/2026

Across Eastern and Southern Africa, turning school re-entry policies into real opportunities for pregnant and parenting adolescents remains a significant challenge.

This Thursday, together with the UNICEF Global Programme Division and the GPE KIX Africa 19 Hub, we're launching the Community of Practice on Gender Equality in Education. The inaugural session, The Right to Return: Advancing School Re-entry Policies and Practice, will share key findings from across 21 countries and implementation lessons from Somalia, Tanzania, and Zambia.

📅 30 July 2026
🕒 2:00–4:00 p.m. EAT (1:00–3:00 p.m. CEST | 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. GMT)
🔗 Register: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/nsEblUXWQaWyGFfUM3_vkQ?

15/07/2026

Issue #13 of the KIX Africa 19 Hub newsletter is now available.

This issue looks back at a 2025 Community of Practice, where 163 educators from 22 countries came together to discuss teacher education reform, and follows Kenya's work to put education research to use in policy decisions. It also covers workshops with the AU Pan African Institute of Education for Development in Burundi and the Republic of Congo on strengthening education data systems.

Looking ahead: the 5th GPE KIX Africa Research Symposium takes place in Kenya from 21 to 23 October 2026, and the next Africa Teachers webinar, on improving educational opportunities for disadvantaged girls, is tomorrow, on 16 July.

Read Issue #13: https://mailchi.mp/unesco/kix-africa-19-hub-newsletter-18259137

IDRC / CRDI Global Partnership for Education UNICEF Africa