On 17 February 2023, members of the project team implementing the Distance education to improve quality and access to school education in Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Tajikistan met with IDRC KIX Programme Managers Tricia Wind, Hamidou Boukary and Serhiy Kovalchuk in Washington DC, USA. At the meeting, Jyldyz Doolbekova, leader of the project team, spoke about the progress of the project, the main findings and the results of the qualitative phase of the research. The next stage of research is a survey of schoolchildren of 8-10 grades and teachers, which is expected to be carried out nationally in all three countries of the Consortium.
The discussion was followed by an exchange of views, questions and answers with members of the GPE Secretariat and other meeting participants represented by members of other project teams implementing projects in Africa and Latin America funded by IDRC KIX.