Continuity of Pre-Primary Education Post Covid Using Learning Through Play, Community Engagement and Edutainment in South Africa – South Africa Addendum APS

Continuity of Pre-Primary Education Post Covid Using Learning Through Play, Community Engagement and Edutainment in South Africa – South Africa Addendum APS is sponsored by USAID. This special call for concept notes focuses on continuity of pre-primary education post COVID-19 using community engagement and edutainment in South Africa.

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gov Maintenance Calendar Continuity of Pre-Primary Education Post Covid Using Learning Through Play, Community Engagement and Edutainment in South Africa – South Africa Addendum APS Agency for International Development South Africa USAID-Pretoria Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:72067422APS00001 Funding Opportunity Title:Continuity of Pre-Primary Education Post Covid Using Learning Through Play, Community Engagement and Edutainment in South Africa – South Africa Addendum APS Opportunity Category:Other Opportunity Category Explanation:CALL FOR CONCEPT NOTES: UNDER EXISTING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, and PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL PROGRAM STATEMENT APS No. 7200AA21APS00003 Funding Instrument Type:Grant Category of Funding Activity:Education Expected Number of Awards: Assistance Listings:98.

001 -- USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:No Last Updated Date:Aug 12, 2022 Original Closing Date for Applications:Sep 26, 2022 Current Closing Date for Applications:Sep 26, 2022 Archive Date:Oct 26, 2022 Estimated Total Program Funding: Eligible Applicants:Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Information on Eligibility:Eligibility for this addendum APS is restricted to local entities in South Africa.

For the purposes of this section, local entity means an individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that— (1) is legally organized under the laws of; (2) has as its principal place of business or operations in; (3) is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of; and (4) managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of a country receiving assistance from funds appropriated under title III of the Consolidated Appropriations Act.

## Additional Information Agency Name:South Africa USAID-Pretoria Description:This program is authorized in accordance with Part 1 of the Foreign Assistance act of 1961, as amended.

Through this Addendum to the Science, Technology, Innovation and Partnership (STIP) Annual Program Statement (APS) No. 7200AA21APS00003 (the STIP APS Full Announcement), USAID is making a special call for the submission of Concept Notes focused on Continuity of Pre-Primary Education post COVID-19 using Community Engagement and Edutainment in South Africa.

This activity aims to support the expansion and dissemination of relevant educational video content and other educational content and materials to pre-primary learners in South Africa.

While there is much focus on the use of new and innovative technologies for strengthening educational systems and reaching learners, a historic constant has been the well-documented and compelling cases of the use of video or television segments to support developing country educational objectives.

Whether as complements to broader education projects or as standalone interventions, educational videos that are well-constructed, evidence-based, and of appropriate pedagogy can uniquely capture the imagination of learners, drive social and behavior change, and provide important tools for professional development of teachers.

While the use of these tools for in-classroom instruction is also effective, the expansion of educational television, and other forms of mass media instruction (collectively referred to as “edutainment” platforms), are particularly compelling in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, which has had enormous detrimental impacts on educational attainment worldwide.

Moving forward, development of new edutainment approaches and expansion of existing ones must be part of a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy.

The use of co-creation will determine the objective(s), however, possible ideas could be to: 1)Develop and test low-cost video dissemination and projection devices to deliver high-quality educational video content, particularly in lower-resource settings; 2)Support families within the context of their own homes with materials and in-person activities to promote children’s learning and use of self-regulation techniques; 3)Develop mobile play material (toy) libraries and screen COVID-related edutainment for children and their families who are in the most need; 4)Engage a local institution of higher education to track student, family, and community outcomes; and 5)Instill Learning Through Play methodologies in parents, caregivers, and early childhood educators, in partnership with the LEGO Foundation.

USAID **may** allocate **up to $1. 5 million** over the course of two years to fund a portfolio of partnerships. Ideally, the portfolio will enable USAID to ensure that each of the above objectives is advanced.

However, priority will be placed on supporting the most promising approaches, even if the resulting portfolio only advances one or two of the objectives described above. Link to Additional Information:[](https://grants.

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