Education
EQUATE
Begun in 2003, EQUATE is a USAID initiative working to provide technical assistance to USAID missions and strengthen their work to promote gender equality in basic education. Current activities include strengthening activities related to gender in basic education in Zambia and South Africa.
EQUIP (Educational Quality Improvement Program) II
EQUIP II is for policy level work to improve the quality of basic education in the national, sub-national, and cross-community levels. EQUIP II has had projects in Egypt and Namibia.
Faculties of Educational Reform Program (FOER)
MSU is participating in a five-year project begun in 2004 to reform the teacher education system in Egypt by working with education ministries and ten faculties of education in universities located in the governorates of Alexandria, Aswan, Beni Suef, Cairo, Fayoum, Minia, and Qena.
In Pursuit of Access and Equity: Race, Gender and Institutional Change in South Africa
Reitumetse Mabokela has designed this project in order to understand the experiences of marginalized populations of Blacks and women in South Africa. Her project investigates how race and gender informs people's professional lives and leadership identities. This project also aims to influence policies to increase access and equality for these groups.
Language Research Training Project with North-West University
This project works to train faculty in the English Department at North-West University to develop skills for conducting theoretical and applied research in language studies. The goals of the project are to provide NW University English faculty with the tools necessary to conduct research, to contribute to the research literature, and to successfully participate in grant competitions.
Teacher Education and Development Study (TEDS)
This research project focuses on the preparation and induction of teachers for mathematics teaching in elementary and lower secondary school. Namibia is set to participate and other African countries may be added.
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
TIMSS is an international study designed to compare the achievements of students, national systems, and instructional resources available in science and math for approximately 50 countries, including in South Africa and Tunisia.
