Objective: To develop and disseminate practical tools that can enable practitioners to prevent violence against children in schools.
More than 60% of the 1400 children consulted in Uganda said they experienced violence at school on a regular basis. In response to this, Raising Voices initiated a program aimed at developing a holistic and a sustainable methodology for creating violence-free schools. This involved developing a Good School Toolkit, establishing partnerships with eight schools to test the ideas in school setting and collaborating with other stakeholders to test the ideas more widely.
What is a Good School Toolkit?
The Good School Toolkit contains a set of ideas and tools that will help educators explore what a good school is and guide them through a process that will help them create one. It was developed with the help of schools in Uganda and deliberately focuses on ideas and activities that do not require specific financial resources—just commitment and perseverance to create something extraordinary.
Objectives of the Good School Toolkit
The Good School Toolkit has four interrelated objectives that address development of the collective vision, creation of the learning environment, implementation of a more progressive learning methodology and addressing the governance of the school
Who is it for?
The Toolkit is for educators (teachers, school administrators, parents, school governance officers) who are involved in the day-to-day running of a school. For more information on who it is aimed at, click here.
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b) Good School Partnership
Raising Voices has developed partnerships with eight schools in diverse parts of Uganda to systematically implement the ideas described in the Toolkit. The progress of the work will be carefully tracked over the coming year to demonstrate the efficacy of the ideas and create local centers of knowledge and skill within Uganda to create violence free schools.
c) Good School Collaborations
Raising Voices collaborates with a wide range of stakeholders ranging from Ministry of Education and Sports, international and local NGOs , Local Government Officials, international volunteers, teachers and school administrators to create Good Schools.
