"I'm so grateful and I can boldly say I am now teaching Science with confidence... In fact, my students have started calling me a champion! Madam, can you imagine? This is because my lessons are now practical than theoretical."
Madame D., Kpone-Katamanso District, Greater Accra
Success Snapshot
9,000+
Teachers trained in hands-on activities
2 million +
Learners impacted
528
Activities mapped to the Ghanaian school syllabus
32
Local alternatives/sources of lab equipment
97%
Greater increase in science exam scores over course of academic year
(compared to control)
141%
Greater change in student attitudes towards science over course of academic year
(compared to control)
Videos
These selection of videos will help you know PEN better.
How ONE Hands-on Science training changed Science lessons
Learn About PEN
The PEN Impact
An impact control trial carried out in 6 public schools in the Greater Accra Region provides evidence for the effect of PEN's practical teaching and learning approach.
The PEN Difference: 97% greater increase in exam scores over one academic year.
The PEN Difference: increase in attitudes towards science over one academic year.
The case for practical STEM education in Africa
Awards
Partners
Ministry of Education, Liberia
The mission of the Ministry of Education is to provide quality education for all and prepare future leaders who are capable of handling the task of nation building, protecting our national heritage and enhancing the socio-economic growth and development for the sustenance of the Liberian state.
Liberia
MITD-Lab
D-Lab has programs organised under three pillars: Education, Research, and Innovation Practice ; and is creating and delivering transformational student experiences in global poverty alleviation, advancing the scholarship and practice of global poverty alleviation and inclusive design pedagogy, and sustaining an ecosystem that supports the full life cycle of practical solutions.
USA
Educational Institutions
Ministry of Education, Liberia
The mission of the Ministry of Education is to provide quality education for all and prepare future leaders who are capable of handling the task of nation building, protecting our national heritage and enhancing the socio-economic growth and development for the sustenance of the Liberian state.
Liberia
Accounting for International Development
Support provider for a global range of non-profit organisations through volunteer accountants, who build financial management capacity.
UK
Educational Institutions
Ministry of Education, Liberia
The mission of the Ministry of Education is to provide quality education for all and prepare future leaders who are capable of handling the task of nation building, protecting our national heritage and enhancing the socio-economic growth and development for the sustenance of the Liberian state.
Liberia
Accounting for International Development
Support provider for a global range of non-profit organisations through volunteer accountants, who build financial management capacity.
UK
UN STI Forum Award
The Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Forum is an annual stakeholder Forum that provides a venue for facilitating interaction, matchmaking and the establishment of networks between relevant stakeholders and multi-stakeholder partnerships in order to identify and examine technology needs and gaps, including with regard to scientific cooperation, innovation and capacity-building, and also in order to help facilitate development, transfer and dissemination of relevant technologies for the sustainable development goals." The STI Forum is initiated by the United Nations in collaboration with Global Innovation Exchange.
The Forum creates a discussion and networking platform for all actors in the field of science, technology and innovation and is open to member States, UN organizations, civil society, academia, industry and private sector, as well as accredited individuals.
Each year, the UN STI puts out a call for organisations from backgrounds that border on Science, Technology and Innovation to partake in the annual stakeholder forum.
In June 2020, Practical Education Network was selected and verified as one of the winners who would participate in this year’s Forum. Successful applicants are also entitled to expert coaching on how to present their innovations on a global stage, an opportunity to showcase their expertise and innovations to a global audience, a networking opportunity that could potentially open up an avenue for support, as well as an opportunity to be included in public relations activities with the potential of media exposure.
Collaborating on Practical STEM Education
& Youth Entrepreneurship in Ghana
NGO Roundtable
"Around 250 million children are not learning basic skills, even though half of them have spent at least four years in school… Investing in teachers is key: in around a third of countries, less than 75% of primary school teachers are trained according to national standards."
UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2013/14
Hands-on science and curricula with real-world relevance improve student engagement and learning outcomes.
PEN offers a series of workshops where STEM trainers learn, design, and share hands-on activities which complement the national curriculum and are created from low-cost and locally available materials.
Hands-On Science in Action
Hard and Soft water
Radiation of Heat
Volume of an irregular object
ABOUT US
PEN provides a teacher training program infused with MIT-style learning-by-doing to promote hands-on science regardless of resource constraints
"Around 250 million children are not learning basic skills, even though half of them have spent at least four years in school… Investing in teachers is key: in around a third of countries, less than 75% of primary school teachers are trained according to national standards."
UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2013/14
Hands-on science and curricula with real-world relevance improve student engagement and learning outcomes.
PEN offers a series of workshops where STEM trainers learn, design, and share hands-on activities which complement the national curriculum and are created from low-cost and locally available materials.
No. 15 Afari Gyan Street, North Legon, Accra, Ghana.
info@practicaleducationnetwork.com
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