Harkokin Ilimi na Afirka ƙungiya ce ta agaji da ke gudanar da sa kai wacce ke aika da ɗaliban jami'a na Burtaniya don yin aiki a makarantun sakandare na ƙauyuka a Gabashin Afirka.[1] Manufarta ita ce ta amfane dalibai a Gabashin Afirka ta hanyar inganta ilimi a makarantun abokan hulɗa, da kuma ba da damar ci gaban mutum ga ɗaliban jami'ar Burtaniya.[2] An kafa shi a Kisii a cikin 1990 a matsayin The Kenya Project . Tun daga wannan lokacin ya fadada zuwa wasu shafuka biyu: Kakamega a Kenya da Mbarara a Uganda, kuma yanzu yana aiki tare da kusan makarantu 30 a kowane bazara.

Haɗin gwiwar Ilimi Afirka
Bayanai
Ƙasa Birtaniya

Aikin bazara

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Dalibai masu sa kai, waɗanda aka sani da Ma'aikatan Shirin, suna ciyar da makonni goma yayin hutun bazara, ko dai a cikin biyu ko uku, a cikin ƙauyuka a Kenya ko Uganda.[3] Suna aiki tare da haɗin gwiwar gudanarwar makaranta da al'umma don gano mahimman bukatun makarantar, da kuma yadda za a iya magance su.[4] Wadannan na iya haɗawa da saka hannun jari a cikin albarkatun da suka dace, kamar littattafan ɗakin karatu, kayan aikin kimiyya da ƙananan ayyukan ababen more rayuwa, taimakawa tare da batutuwan gudanar da makaranta, da kuma kafa ayyukan haɗin gwiwa.[5] Makarantu yawanci suna karɓar akalla shekaru biyu na saka hannun jari daga sadaka, kafin a sake tantance su don tabbatar da ko za su amfana daga ƙarin saka hannun jari. Masu sa kai suna tara kuɗi a Burtaniya kafin ziyararsu don biyan kuɗin aikin, wanda ya haɗa da saka hannun jari na makaranta, da kuma jirage, masauki da farashin rayuwa.[6]

Makarantu

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A Kenya EPAfrica tana aiki da farko tare da Makarantun Gundumar da gwamnati ke tallafawa. Waɗannan makarantun ne waɗanda duk ɗalibai da ke da maki masu karɓa zasu iya halarta, kuma waɗanda ba sa cajin kuɗi don karatun.[7] A Uganda agaji kuma yana aiki tare da makarantun fasaha waɗanda ke ba da ƙarin karatun sana'a. Makarantu suna da matsakaici, a yankunan karkara, kuma ba su da albarkatu, amma tare da damar ingantawa. Kowace makaranta da ta cika ka'idojin asali na iya amfani da ita kuma mafi yawan za su sami ziyara a lokacin rani don tantance cancantar su. A cikin duka EPAfrica ta yi aiki tare da makarantu sama da 100 a Gabashin Afirka, ta saka hannun jari sama da £ 200,000.

Ayyukan Burtaniya

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Harkokin Ilimi na Afirka ƙungiya ce mai ba da agaji a Burtaniya. Masu sa kai ne ke gudanar da shi gaba ɗaya, mafi yawansu tsofaffi ne (watau tsoffin Ma'aikatan Aiki). Kowace jami'a tana da kwamitin jami'arta, wanda ke da alhakin daukar ma'aikatan aikin da kuma gudanar da horo a gare su a duk shekara.

Babban aikin agaji ya kunshi ayyuka da yawa, kamar Sadarwa, IT da Kudi, kowannensu yana jagorantar Shugaban Ayyuka. Kwamitin Gudanarwa ne ke kula da waɗannan, wanda ya ƙunshi masu sa kai shida. Jagoran dabarun da shugabanci kungiyar suna karkashin kulawar Kwamitin Amintattun, dukansu masu sa kai ne.

A cewar Hukumar Taimako, aikin agaji yana da jujjuyawar shekara-shekara sama da £ 100,000, mafi yawansu ma'aikatan aikin ne ke tara kudade. Saboda masu sa kai ne ke gudanar da shi gaba ɗaya yawancin wannan jujjuyawar shekara-shekara ana kashe su kai tsaye a ayyukan Gabashin Afirka.

Ayyukan agaji sun fara rayuwa a cikin 1990 a matsayin The Kisii Project . A farkon shekarun 1990 wani rukuni na daliban Jami'ar Cambridge sun fara koyarwa a wata makaranta a yankin Kisii na Yammacin Kenya.[8] A shekara ta 1995, an sanya Kisii Project a cikin Link Africa (yanzu Link Community Development) kuma an faɗaɗa shi zuwa wasu makarantu biyu a yankin.[9] Bayan 'yan shekaru, an canza mayar da hankali ga aikin zuwa saka hannun jari don tabbatar da dorewa.

A shekara ta 2002 aikin ya fadada zuwa Jami'ar Oxford kuma ya fara aikawa da Ma'aikatan Shirin 20 a shekara don aiki a makarantu 10 a Kisii. Ayyukan jami'o'i guda biyu sun haɗu a matsayin ƙungiyar agaji mai rijista a ƙarƙashin sunan The Kenya Project, wanda daga baya aka canza shi zuwa Kenya Education Partnerships. Daga shekara ta 2009 kungiyar agaji ta fara wani lokaci na fadada ayyukanta na Burtaniya zuwa jami'o'in London da yawa, farawa ta hanyar daukar ma'aikatan aikin daga Kwalejin Jami'ar London; aikin ya ci gaba da karɓar aikace-aikace daga dukkan jami'o-nkanda a London.

A shekara ta 2008, tashin hankali bayan zaben 2007 a Kenya ya sa ya zama mara lafiya ga masu sa kai su aika zuwa Kenya don haka kungiyar agaji ta tura ayyukanta zuwa Uganda na bazara daya. A cikin 2010 ya fadada zuwa aiki a Kakamega, kuma a Yammacin Kenya, kuma a cikin 2013 ya fadada ayyukansa har abada zuwa Mbarara a Uganda.

Bayanan da aka ambata

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  1. CUSU summary EPAfrica
  2. "BFSS Grant for Education Partnerships Africa". Archived from the original on 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  3. "OUMSSA Summer Series: Education Partnerships Africa". Archived from the original on 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  4. Amy Smail "Bridging The Gap: Enabling Effective UK–Africa University Partnerships" British Council report, 2015
  5. Jo Austen "Education Partnerships Africa – a stark contrast to London", University College London History Department, 2015
  6. "Centre For Education Innovations - Education Partnerships Africa Program Description". Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  7. Isaac M. Mbiti, "School Quality and Student Achievement in Kenya" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Southern Methodist University, 2007
  8. Education Partnerships Africa History video
  9. "Link Community Development - History". Archived from the original on 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2015-12-01.