Report on Gender and Curriculum Workshop: Integrating Gender into the Level I Basic Education Curriculum in the Republic of Mali. Final Report (Phase II)

摘要

In November 2001, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hired three consultants to identify strategies for integrating gender into Malis basic education curriculum and the teacher training program. The particular interest of USAID in integrating gender into the curriculum arises from the Missions commitment to correcting disparities in the educational system. These gender-based disparities can compromise the realization of the objective of universal education by 2015. This consultancy for the creation of gender analysis tools took place in three phases: development of tools (Phase I), their validation (interim phase), and a training workshop for curriculum developers on use of the tools (Phase II). The main objective of Phase I was to provide personnel from the Ministry of Education (designers and developers of academic programs, decision makers, and trainer of trainers) with appropriate and relevant tools for analyzing and integrating gender into their programs. This activity took place in November 2001. Next, in March 2002, national consultants led a workshop to validate the tools developed during Phase I. Thirty-three representatives from the Ministry of Education participated in the workshop. During this workshop, participants modified and refined to the tools to better fit their needs. This activity took place during the intermediate phase of the consultation. The activities of Phase II of the consultation include a preparatory workshop (August 4-11, 2002), followed by training (August 12-16) in the use of tools. Ten leaders from the Ministry of Education participated in the first workshop and 90 people in the training. The objective of the second and larger training was to provide participants with the necessary skills to integrate gender into the basic education curriculum.