MacArthur Foundation has announced a call for proposals for the Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education (PSIPSE). The aim of the program is to accelerate innovation in
secondary education programming, research, and development in selected countries. It is led
by a group of private donors and donor advisors, including ELMA Philanthropies
Services, Human Dignity Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, MasterCard Foundation, and
Wellspring Advisors, who have come together to encourage a
new wave of innovation and learning in secondary education.
The
PSIPSE’s focus is both upper and lower secondary education. Where schooling at
the upper level is further divided between traditional general secondary
education and vocational education, PSIPSE is focused on increasing the
relevance of general secondary education learning. PSIPSE supports programs and projects targeted to the formal education
system and informal programs that help students transition to or re-enter the
formal system. PSIPSE is interested in four thematic areas: demand,
improving teacher effectiveness, promoting employment-relevant skills, and alternative educational models for learning
(see ‘Thematic Areas of Interest’ section below).
Proposals
submitted may be for pilots, for research, or for scale-up (see ‘Types of
Projects’ section below). Regardless of their nature, the PSIPSE encourages
projects with replication and scale-up potential. Across the four themes, the
PSIPSE looks for projects that (i) target marginalized populations, such as
girls; (ii) use technology in innovative, cross-cutting
ways**; or (iii) do both. The PSIPSE is also concerned with the delivery of
secondary education to conflict-affected populations in Eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo and in Uganda.
Applicants
are encouraged to submit proposals for projects that benefit the following
marginalized populations:
Geography
Applicants
may propose work in the following geographic areas:
§ India (particularly
the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh and the cities of Chennai,
Delhi, and Mumbai)
These
regions and countries have been selected based on secondary education needs, as
well as strategic and geographic priorities of donor and donor advisor
partners. Projects that take a regional focus may also apply
The deadline for all Letters of Inquiry
submissions is May 15, 2013 at 12:00 pm CST. For more
information, visit this link: http://www.macfdn.org/press/article/call-proposals-partnership-strengthen-innovation-and-practice-secondary/