Centre for the Promotion of Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa (CAPOLSA), Phase II
Research summary
The ongoing CAPOLSA Phase II project completes the capacity building in CAPOLSA Phase I and needed for reaching the final goal of the ongoing action to help as many children as possible in Sub-Sahara Africa to learn the basic skills, and be able to have appropriate reading skills to acquire functional literacy by being offered appropriate reading material. Together with the training of coordinators for distribution of literacy support throughout Zambia and its neighbouring countries, the project builds skills and networks to overcome the complete lack of reading material which children who have just learned to read have to have. 1. The Capolsa Centre works as a national help centre in Zambia for the tens of thousands of first grade teachers who will be using small tablet computers that Grapholearn Initiative for optimal learning results as well as the learning-game based reading practicing environments (Graphogame). It also serves as the whole Sub-Saharan resource centre in order to extend the reach of their expertise eventually to all the countries in Sub-Sahara area.
Description
Result Areas:
- Improved quality and relevance of higher education
- Enhanced management, leadership and governance capacities in higher education institutions
- Improved information management in teaching and learning
- Strengthened the role and relevance of the HEIs in development
Key Results to be Achieved:
The final overall objective of this project is to increase the rate of literacy acquisition by Sub-Saharan African children, with an initial focus on Zambia.
The goal of the CAPOLSA project at the end of three years is to have an efficiently functioning resource centre for supporting African children to learn to read the language they are able to speak.
This support is highly needed first of all in Zambia where the reading results among children have been among the lowest in the African continent.
The sustainable benefits will be received in the form of increasing overall level of reading achievements of children in the target countries, first in Zambia and then also in Tanzania, Kenya and Namibia during the applied funding period.
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Research info
Research title
Centre for the Promotion of Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa (CAPOLSA), Phase II
Research timeline
1.5.2014 - 1.5.2014
Keywords
E-Learning evidence-based GraphoGame learning games Literacy literacy learning technology-enhanced learning
Region
Africa
Countries
Finland, Zambia
Institution
University of Jyväskylä
Agora Center
Jyväskylä, Finland
Head of research
Heikki Lyytinen
Partners
University of Zambia
Contact information
Päivi Fadjukoff
paivi.fadjukoff@jyu.fi
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Record last updated
22.5.2014