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- 5th Feb 2021
Can ‘rules of thumb’ training for principals improve Guatemalan schools?
En 2018, visitamos escuelas secundarias en Guatemala con nuestros excelentes socios en el Ministerio de Educación de Guatemala (MINEDUC). Tratábamos de entender por qué solamente el 32 % de los estudiantes de secundaria aprueban el examen nacional estandarizado de comprensión de lectura y solo el 10 % aprueban el examen…
Also available in: English
- Blog
- 5th Feb 2021
Can ‘rules of thumb’ training for principals improve Guatemalan schools?
In 2018, we visited high schools across Guatemala with our excellent partners in the Guatemalan Ministry of Education (MINEDUC). We were trying to understand why only 32% of high-school students pass the national standardised exam in reading comprehension and only 10% pass the exam in Maths. Here's what we found.
Also available in: Español
- Report
- 9th Nov 2020
Improving school management in Guatemala with ‘rules of thumb’
BIT completed a project with the Guatemalan Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) to improve school management and student attainment in high schools in Guatemala.
- Blog
- 15th Oct 2020
Piloting and prototyping new handwashing stations in Bangladesh
We recently took to the field in Bangladesh where we are running a project with international development organisations BRAC and BIGD to reduce coronavirus transmission. Here, we’re installing 1,000 public handwashing stations at busy locations such as outside mosques, markets, schools and bus stands, to improve access to hygiene facilities…
- Blog
- 28th Aug 2020
Ciencias del comportamiento en los campos ganaderos de Argentina: reduciendo la tuberculosis bovina
¿Podrán poner en práctica lo que estamos dictando en este curso o sus apuntes terminarán en el fondo de un cajón? Si alguna vez tuviste que facilitar un taller o una capacitación seguramente esta pregunta te resulte familiar. Motivados por nuestra misión de capacitar a nuestros aliados, BIT ha facilitado…
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- Blog
- 28th Aug 2020
From a workshop to farms: reducing bovine tuberculosis in Argentina
Bovine tuberculosis results in a $7 million annual loss for Argentinian farmers, forces the country to throw away 19,000 kilos of meat every day and could have detrimental public health implications if not well managed. Here is how BIT applied behavioural science to tackle this challenging problem.
Also available in: Español
- Report
- 20th Aug 2020
Addressing Information Barriers to Birth Registration
Our collaboration with Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAP) explored how behavioural insights could be applied to increase birth registration in Guatemala. Not being registered at birth presents a number of obstacles in later life, such as lack of access to healthcare, education, social programs and land ownership. Inconsistent information…
- Report
- 20th Aug 2020
Encouraging businesses to learn about formal apprenticeship programmes in Bangladesh
This project, which was conducted by the Future of Work Team of a2i, contributed to the Government of Bangladesh’s efforts to promote apprenticeships. More specifically, this project looked to encourage more businesses to register onto a newly developed National Apprenticeship Management System (www.apprenticeship.gov.bd) to learn about formal apprenticeship programmes and…
- Report
- 20th Aug 2020
Nudging online learners to complete their courses in Bangladesh
This project was conducted with the Government of Bangladesh flagship digital programme - a2i. To improve access to skills through e-learning programmes, a2i's Education team developed MuktoPaath - a free e-learning platform in Bengali - in 2016. It was created as a low-cost solution to upskill teachers across the country.…
- Report
- 20th Aug 2020
Encouraging new landowners in Bangladesh to complete the registration of their land
This project was the first we completed in Bangladesh with a2i, the Government's flagship digital programme. It looked to support an ambitious national programme of land reform led by the Ministry of Land, which relies in part on building systems to improve land record-keeping, hoping to i) simplify processes for…