Zizi Afrique Foundation (ZAF) continued to support education systems to advance curriculum and assessment reforms across East Africa, with Kenya, Uganda, and Zanzibar taking key steps to integrate life skills into their education systems.
In Uganda, through our partners, Uwezo Uganda and the Luigi Guisani Foundation, we collaborated with the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) to break down seven core life skills and embed them in the draft primary curricula. Approximately 40% of the panellists were women, strengthening gender representation in curricula reforms. The drafts are now being refined to demonstrate how skills such as problem-solving and teamwork can be taught in a step-by-step manner. In Kenya, we partnered with the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to conduct the Values-based Education (VbE) baseline for Grades 4–6 (including learners with special needs) and prepared tools for midline and endline reporting ahead of a national rollout in January 2026. In Tanzania, our partner, the Milele Zanzibar Foundation (MZF), supported life skills’ integration within Zanzibar’s Grade 3 national assessment, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT), the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE), and the Zanzibar Institute of Education (ZIE).
At the continental level, ZAF participated in the 41st Annual Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) Conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from August 25th to 29th, 2025, at the Skylight Hotel. Hosted by the Ethiopian Educational Assessment and Examinations Service (EAES), the event brought together over 400 international delegates to discuss advancements in educational assessment, with a focus on the “Common Continental Assessment Framework”.
