Education Initiatives
We are committed to delivering innovative education programs with outstanding outcomes.
Geneva Global works across education levels—from pre-primary to post-secondary—and across the education system—from the classroom to the senior levels of the ministry. We engage the full scope of key actors, including communities, civil society, local and national education stakeholders, and international partners to raise school access, quality, and relevance in education in sustainable and scalable ways. This holistic approach is exemplified in our signature program: Speed School.
Our Work in Education Is Built on Our Core Principles:
Education is a fundamental human right for all.
There is no quality in education without relevance.
Education based in the local prepares for the global.
Teachers matter most.
We serve our clients with excellence to achieve outstanding, durable, meaningful impacts that help education systems provide children, their families, and their communities with the ability to visualize a better future and the skills and knowledge to realize that future.
About Us
We help our clients mobilize their philanthropic education investments to improve lives around the world. The success of our education programming results from the commitment, compassion, and collective intelligence of our Education Team and our many partners.
Approach
We bring a holistic approach to our work, because improving access and quality in formal education requires concerted effort on all fronts. Among the diverse aspects we cover are teacher training, gender equality and inclusion, pedagogy, parental and community engagement, system planning, workforce development, and curriculum. These come together in our renowned Speed School program but extend far beyond this, as well.
Education Insights & Ideas
We tell the stories of our partners’ many achievements with great pride and analysis. As we learn, we share lessons with the broader education development community, believing we have something valuable to contribute. At the same time, we hope to inspire both challenges to and affirmations of our methods and conclusions to help us continue to improve.
By the Numbers
379,646
Total Children Educated
$31M
In Grants Provided to Over 53 Local Civil Society Organizations
312,505
Mothers (or other guardians) Supported as Members of Self-Help Groups
37,551
Teachers Trained and Supported to Succeed
849
Speed School Classes Implemented or Funded by Government
14
Years of Funding and Supporting Education Programs
I am grateful for the opportunity to work with Geneva Global on the Speed School program as a collaborating partner in Uganda. I have witnessed the real meaning and purpose the Speed School program brings to the lives of children, parents and facilitators, alike. I am proud our organization is a partner of Geneva Global. In our time together we have not only impacted the lives of so many people, but we have also strengthened our own capacity as implementers and changemakers.
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We can see there is so much improvement. Our children were out of school for so long and then at the end they were stronger than every other student who had always gone to school. We are so proud! This [program] teaches them discipline and manners and brings us pride and joy! They are not lazy and are very committed and hygiene. The. life skills are the most important part, it makes them better people.
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To us as the Link School, Speed School has opened our eyes to the gaps that led the children to drop out in the first place. We are adopting Speed School methods in the other classrooms now to keep kids interested in school. Speed School facilitators are sharing their experience and our school teachers are adopting and practicing Speed School’s best practices.
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