Date: 26/02/2025
Time: 14:00 – 15:00 (GMT)
Location: Online
Improving teaching practices in crisis settings
In this webinar, Commonwealth Alumnus Siddharth Pillai will discuss the opportunities and challenges of improving teaching and coaching practices in crisis settings.
The world is in a state of educational emergency with more than half of the world’s children expected to finish school without being able to read.
As government and non-governmental organisations across the world try to improve teaching in crisis contexts, they face a unique set of challenges. These include unprepared learners, unskilled and unmotivated teachers, and limited resources and school management that impact teaching and learning.
However, there are evidence-based practices that demonstrate impact under these conflict contexts. This webinar will discuss the opportunities and challenges in the implementation of high quality evidence-based practices in crisis contexts, using Afghanistan and Sierra Leone as case studies.
This webinar will address the CSC development theme, Access, Inclusion and Opportunity.
The CSC’s Development in Action webinar series provides an opportunity for Commonwealth Scholars and Alumni to present on their work and contribution to development across a range of contemporary global challenges and provide insight into ongoing research and action.
Open to all Commonwealth Scholars and Alumni, the monthly webinars will address one of the CSC’s six development themes and provide an opportunity for attendees to engage in real-time Q&A discussion on the topic presented.
You can watch previous webinars on the CSC’s YouTube channel.
Siddharth Pillai is an Education Advisor at Street Child. Heled the Education Portfolio of the Afghanistan Office before and after the political takeover of the country by Taliban. At Street Child, Siddharth supports the country team and partners in establishing systems and processes to ensure project teams can measure and positively influence the teaching and learning process in each classroom.
He recently served as a Steering Group Member for USAID’s Global Reading Network, aligning USAID’s objectives in Global Education with the values of Leading through Learning. Following his Master’s at teh University of Cambridge, Sid has worked as Prime Minister’s Fellow with the Government of India in insurgency-affected areas of India and later as an External Consultant to the Government of India managing Education and Skill Development Programs.
Siddharth Pillai is a 2018 Commonwealth Shared Scholar from India. He completed an MPhil Education, Globalisation and International Development at the University of Cambridge.
