{"id":30480,"date":"2019-07-25T21:16:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T19:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Schermata-2019-07-17-alle-14.44.57.png"},"modified":"2019-07-30T11:23:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T09:23:01","slug":"schermata-2019-07-17-alle-14-44-57","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/education-programs\/summer-school\/summer-school-2019\/schermata-2019-07-17-alle-14-44-57\/","title":{"rendered":"PeerEd"},"author":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Schermata-2019-07-17-alle-14.44.57.png'><img width=\"300\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Schermata-2019-07-17-alle-14.44.57-300x96.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Schermata-2019-07-17-alle-14.44.57-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Schermata-2019-07-17-alle-14.44.57.png 659w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Improving education through peer-to-peer micro-tutorship<\/p>\n<p>The pass rate for Ordinary (O) and Advanced (A) level examinations is 32.8% in Zimbabwe. This is due to a chronic shortage of teachers, which causes a high student to teacher ratio and overcrowded classrooms. In turn, it leads to gaps in knowledge and low retention of information. Students then have difficulties passing their examinations. These examinations determine the selection criteria of most universities and colleges as well as the future trajectory of the students. <\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the project:<br \/>\nGithub web: <a href=\"https:\/\/valentinasdg.github.io\/PeerEd\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/valentinasdg.github.io\/PeerEd\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SDG in Progress: <a href=\"https:\/\/sdginprogress.com\/projects\/405\/steps\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/sdginprogress.com\/projects\/405\/steps<\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Improving education through peer-to-peer micro-tutorship The pass rate for Ordinary (O) and Advanced (A) level examinations is 32.8% in Zimbabwe. This is due to a chronic shortage of teachers, which causes a high student to teacher ratio and overcrowded classrooms. In turn, it leads to gaps in knowledge and low retention of information. 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