Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo

Programme Overview

Protracted instability severely disrupts primary schooling, leaving millions of vulnerable children without access to formal classrooms.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌⁣ This five-day executive training course in Cairo equips educational leaders with the operational strategies required to maintain basic education continuity during emergencies. Grounded in the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Minimum Standards, the programme addresses critical delivery challenges faced by public education institutions and development partners operating in fragile and conflict-affected contexts.

Participants explore practical pathways for accelerated curriculum design, condensed learning cycles, and the rapid reintegration of displaced pupils into learning environments. Through interactive modules, education planners examine remedial education delivery models and multi-grade instruction techniques tailored to crisis contexts. The curriculum emphasises systemic resilience, bridging the gap between immediate humanitarian education responses and medium-term transitional programming funded by multilateral development banks and international grant facilities.

Working alongside sector peers, attendees prepare operational plans to establish secure temporary learning centres and implement agile procurement mechanisms for essential teaching and learning materials. Emphasis is placed on cross-border displacement coordination, community-based monitoring, and the psychosocial well-being of conflict-affected learners. By the conclusion of the course, participants possess actionable frameworks to safeguard learning pathways and improve resource efficiency within donor-financed emergency operations.

Ongoing conflict and regional instability have precipitated acute displacement crises across Northeast Africa, halting formal schooling for extensive populations of primary-age children.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌⁣ This programme directly responds to urgent sectoral priorities reflected in major international recovery operations, including the US$61.5m Sudan Basic Education Support Project and the Sudan Primary Education Emergency Support Project. Establishing coherent learning continuity frameworks is now essential to prevent generational learning losses, support overwhelmed host-community schools, and ensure that emergency education funds convert rapidly into functioning, accredited, and protective learning spaces.

Delivered by Risalat Consultants International in Cairo, Egypt, it combines expert-led sessions, real cases and group work, so that participants can apply what they learn in their own institution.

The Programme Strengthens Institutional Capability

• Aligning emergency education operations with INEE Minimum Standards and national frameworks
• Rapid education needs assessments: Data collection, school damage mapping, and access barriers
• Displacement tracking matrix utilisation for primary school age cohort profiling
• Conflict-sensitive education planning: Institutional neutrality and community risk analysis
• Operational parameters of multilateral emergency primary education support projects
• Principles of the Accelerated Education Working Group (AEWG) curriculum framework
• Compressing basic education cycles: Prioritising foundational literacy, numeracy, and core concepts
• Designing modular remedial packages for out-of-school and interrupted-learning pupils
• Service planning and management
• Quality improvement and standards
• Human resources and workforce planning
• Financing and budgeting for services

It is designed for basic education planners from ministries of education operating in crisis-affected environments, curriculum development specialists designing condensed and remedial learning programmes, project coordinators managing donor-funded primary education emergency operations and others who want practical, current skills in health, education and social services.

The Growing Importance of Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo

Health, education and social services reach people directly, and their quality depends on planning, management and the use of evidence. Governments and partners expect better results from limited budgets.

Leaders and managers in these sectors face rising demand, staff shortages and new technologies. Strong management skills help institutions plan services, use resources well and show results.

Organisations increasingly require professionals capable of:

• Plan and manage services to meet demand
• Improve quality against standards
• Manage staff and resources effectively
• Use data to guide decisions
• Work with communities and partners

Strong health, education and social services systems help organisations:

• Deliver better services to more people
• Use budgets and staff efficiently
• Meet quality standards
• Show results to government and partners

This Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo programme brings these elements together in a practical format, so that participants understand not only what good practice looks like but also how to introduce it in their own setting, with the people and resources they have.

Who Should Attend This Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo Training?

This programme is designed for:

• Basic education planners from ministries of education operating in crisis-affected environments
• Curriculum development specialists designing condensed and remedial learning programmes
• Project coordinators managing donor-funded primary education emergency operations
• Education officers from United Nations agencies leading cluster response mechanisms
• Programme managers from non-governmental organisations delivering emergency basic education
• Monitoring and evaluation specialists tracking learning outcomes in displacement centres
• Host community education directors managing the rapid intake of displaced pupils
• Procurement and logistics officers responsible for educational supplies in unstable zones
• Technical advisers supporting transitional education sector planning in fragile states
• Service managers and administrators
• Directors and senior officials
• Planning and policy officers

The programme suits experienced professionals as well as those moving into new responsibilities. Groups that mix institutions and countries are encouraged, because participants learn a great deal from each other’s experience.

Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo Training Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo Training, participants will be able to:

• Apply the INEE Minimum Standards to basic education planning within complex humanitarian settings
• Design condensed, accelerated education curricula that align with national primary learning competencies
• Structure remedial education models that address severe learning loss among displaced learners
• Develop operational site criteria and safety protocols for establishing temporary learning centres
• Formulate agile supply chain and procurement workflows for teaching and learning materials in volatile areas
• Establish gender-responsive pupil reintegration protocols for formal school re-entry and assessment validation
• Construct risk-informed operational plans for project delivery in accordance with multilateral fund requirements
• Explain the main challenges facing their sector
• Plan services that match demand and resources
• Apply quality improvement methods

Each objective is practised during the programme through exercises, cases or group work, so that participants leave able to do it, not only to describe it.

Programme Contents and Structure

Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo Training Methodology

The training employs an applied, scenario-based learning methodology tailored to education professionals managing complex crises.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌⁣ Participants engage with real operational case studies, technical diagnostic exercises, and collaborative policy simulation laboratories. Working in contextual task groups, attendees utilise technical toolkits to draft accelerated curriculum roadmaps and temporary site establishment plans. Expert-led plenary sessions provide policy framing against international standards, followed by structured peer review to ensure immediate practical transfer to emergency project environments.

The programme combines:

• Expert-led sessions on current practice
• Regional and international case studies
• Group work and practical exercises
• Simulations and role plays where relevant
• Discussion of participants' own challenges
• Peer learning across institutions and countries
• Practical tools and templates to take back to work
• Daily reflection and action planning

Before the programme, a short pre-assessment helps the facilitators understand each participant’s role and priorities, so that examples and exercises can be adjusted to the group. Each day ends with a short reflection in which participants note what they will apply at work.

Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of this Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo Training, participants will be able to:

• Contextualised accelerated education frameworks ready for technical integration into primary systems
• Operational blueprints for establishing rapid, safe, and fully equipped temporary learning centres
• Clear remedial instruction strategies designed to close severe literacy and numeracy deficits
• Robust supply chain tracking protocols for essential classroom materials across fragile supply lines
• Accreditation and certification models allowing displaced children to re-enter formal education
• Standardised monitoring frameworks aligned with the requirements of multilateral financing bodies
• Plan services to meet demand
• Improve quality against standards

Participants leave with a personal action plan and practical tools they can use in their institution from the first week back. Institutions that send several participants can use the programme to agree shared methods and templates across teams, which makes improvements easier to sustain.

Institutional Application of Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo Training

This programme supports organisations in strengthening:

• Service planning
• Quality management
• Workforce management
• Data use
• Partnerships

Participants return with practical tools to improve:

• Service plans
• Quality reviews
• Workforce plans
• Performance reports
• Supply planning

The programme is built so that learning moves from the classroom into the institution. Participants work on their own processes and documents where possible, and leave with an action plan that their managers can review and support.

Regional Relevance & Application

Europe

European institutions apply health, education and social services within detailed regulatory frameworks and reform agendas. Participants from Europe can compare their practice with colleagues from other regions and test how established methods work under different conditions.

Africa

Across Africa, ministries, agencies and project teams working in health, education and social services increasingly operate alongside donor-financed programmes that expect clear systems and evidence. The programme helps participants adapt good practice to the institutions and resources they work with.

Middle East

In the Middle East, national development strategies and diversification plans place growing demands on health, education and social services. Participants explore how to build the capability these plans need inside public bodies and companies.

Asia

Institutions across Asia combine rapid growth with ambitious modernisation programmes. Participants from Asia can share their experience of scaling systems quickly and learn from approaches used elsewhere.

Pacific

Small island and Pacific states face particular constraints of size, distance and capacity. The programme highlights practical, proportionate approaches to health, education and social services that suit smaller institutions.

Holding the programme in Cairo, Egypt brings participants together away from their daily pressures, so they can compare how health, education and social services is handled in different settings. The same programme can also be delivered in-house for one institution, in its own country or online, with cases taken from its current work.

Host Country Profile – Egypt

Programmes, Workshops, Exposures, Training Courses in Cairo, Egypt by Risalat Consultants International

Studying away from their own country gives participants time to focus, a fresh view of their own institution and the chance to build a network with colleagues from other countries.

Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo Training Deliverables

Participants receive support before, during and after the programme, so that preparation, learning and follow-up form one continuous experience.

Before the Programme

• Participant Pre-Assessment
• Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo Readiness Assessment
• Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo Resource Pack
• Preparatory Reading Materials
• Complimentary Visa Support & Advisory

During the Programme

• Airport Pickup & Welcome Assistance
• Accommodation with Breakfast
• Welcome Networking Dinner
• Risalat Training Kit (Bag, Bottle, Mug, T-Shirt, Cap, Passport Cover, Pens, Notebook, Magnet & Keychain)
• Comprehensive Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo Training Manual
• Service Planning Template
• Quality Improvement Plan Template
• Workforce Planning Template
• Performance Dashboard Template
• Practical Workshops & Simulations
• Group Discussions & Peer Learning
• Daily Lunch and Refreshments
• Full Access to Training Venue Facilities
• Mini Pad / Tablet with Digital Learning Materials
• Field Visit (where applicable)
• Entertaining City Tour

After the Programme

• Certificate of Completion
• Risalat Programme Participation Recognition Award
• Post-Training Reference Materials
• Service Review Checklist
• Improvement Tracking Sheet
• Post-Training Support & Follow-Up Guidance
• Programme Report

Institutions can also request a tailored in-house version of this programme, delivered at their premises or online. Request a proposal.

Common Challenges in Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo, And How This Training Helps

How can institutions plan and manage services to meet demand?

The programme addresses this directly on the first day (Day 1: Emergency Education Frameworks and Crisis Assessment), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions improve quality against standards?

The programme addresses this directly on the second day (Day 2: Accelerated Education Programmes and Curriculum Condensation), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions manage staff and resources effectively?

The programme addresses this directly on the third day (Day 3: Temporary Learning Centres and Safe Physical Learning Environments), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions use data to guide decisions?

The programme addresses this directly on the fourth day (Day 4: Teacher Mobilisation, Remedial Pedagogy, and Instruction), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions work with communities and partners?

The programme addresses this directly on the fifth day (Day 5: Operational Delivery, Supply Chains, and Contingency Planning), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where does the Basic Education Continuity and Accelerated Learning in Crises in Cairo programme take place?

It runs from 15 Feb 2027 to 19 Feb 2027, in Cairo, Egypt. The registration deadline is shown at the top of this page.

Who should attend?

The programme is designed for basic education planners from ministries of education operating in crisis-affected environments, curriculum development specialists designing condensed and remedial learning programmes, project coordinators managing donor-funded primary education emergency operations, education officers from United Nations agencies leading cluster response mechanisms, and others who want practical skills in health, education and social services.

Will I receive a certificate?

Yes. Participants who complete the programme receive a Certificate of Completion from Risalat Consultants International.

Can this programme be delivered for our institution only?

Yes. We can deliver a tailored in-house version at your premises, in another city or online, built around your own cases. Use the proposal request on this page.

Do I need prior experience in health, education and social services?

No specialist background is required beyond experience in a related role. A short pre-assessment helps the facilitators adapt the sessions to the group.

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