A Place in the Sun Foundation
Somerville, MA
United States
+1 727-259-9291
info@place-in-the-sun.org
A Place in the Sun (PITS) does not build schools, but rather works with communities who share their vision of better education. A community provides space, teachers and ongoing support to establish Early Learning Centers (ELCs) in their village. PITS then provides curriculum, teaching materials, and training to capitalize on their investment and serve as a partner in their success.
A Place in the Sun focuses on partnerships by working directly with School Management Committees to design and implement curriculum and increase local capacity through their teacher training modules. They utilize a cluster approach that establishes a centrally located PITS office which provides programming and support to five villages. Each village maintains four classes, one for each age group (3 – 6), and each class has a student to teacher ratio of around 15:1.
PITS provides community support with four key components:
PITS focuses on educational issues in West Africa, and has launched a pilot program in Touna, Mali.
Publicly available: no
Countries where available: West Africa
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