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Since 2012, BCG has partnered
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with Teach for All, a network for independent organizations
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focused on expanding educational opportunities.
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Teach for Uganda is one of Teach for All's
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newest network members, and a flagship member in Africa.
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Founded in 2017, Teach for Uganda believes
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that investing in young leaders
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will transform Ugandan society.
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The employment world is looking for young people
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with a lot of skills, a lot of opportunities.
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And to me, I think this fellowship is the best platform
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for me to exercise and discover who I am,
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and the purpose I have for this country
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and this world at large.
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Today, Uganda is facing an education crisis.
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We have over 11 million children in primary school alone.
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Among these, 65% drop out before completing primary school.
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70% between grades three and seven
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are not able to read a grade two book.
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55% of the same group are not competent in grade two math.
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The nature of the crisis cannot be conveyed
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by numbers alone.
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Since formal education was introduced in Uganda
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over five decades ago,
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the emphasis has been on literacy and numeracy.
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Young people are not taught the competencies of leadership
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and problem solving for their communities
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and ethical and moral leadership for their country.
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At Teach for Uganda, we recruit top university graduates
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and young professionals for two-year fellowships.
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We invest heavily in our Fellows' training,
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and place them in high-need, underserved,
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public primary schools across the country.
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There they serve as full-time teachers
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and community-based social entrepreneurs.
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We have ambitious goals for the near future.
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Currently, we have 65 Fellows teaching full-time
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in 33 schools, impacting over 20,000 students.
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Over the next five years, we want to grow to 500 Fellows,
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impacting 250,000 students.
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I was not going to school before Teach for Uganda
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because my grandparents did not allow me to go to school.
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When the Teach for Uganda teacher came at home
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he told them to take me back to school,
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and then they took me back.
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Teach for Uganda
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has a lot of innovative activities,
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but they needed a concrete growth strategy
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to pull it all together.
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In 2020, BCG partnered with Teach for Uganda,
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to develop a five-year growth strategy
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with three objectives.
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One: Codify a five-year strategic plan
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and an implementation roadmap.
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Two: Develop an end-to-end fundraising approach.
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Three: Provide benchmarks, tools, and coaching
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to enable operational excellence.
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Our consultants worked closely with Teach for Uganda team,
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to understand what Teach for Uganda does
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on a day-to-day basis and how BCG can be most impactful.
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We worked shoulder-to-shoulder
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with the Teach for Uganda team
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in developing the plan together,
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through visits, workshops, and even during lunch hours.
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One of the other things that stood out to me
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was visiting one of the primary schools.
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We accompanied Teach for Uganda,
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where some of their Fellows were placed.
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It was very exciting to see how the Fellows work
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not only with students, but also the broader community,
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and how engaged everyone was.
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In addition to achieving
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the project's objectives together,
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the partnership between TFU and BCG
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promoted a culture of learning and collaboration,
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which is important for an organization
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that is focused on leadership and innovation.
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It has not only brought insights, ideas, and innovations,
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but it also has been able to point to our blind spots.
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There is no way we would have had the resources
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and the capacity to achieve what we've been able to achieve
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amidst this pandemic,
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if we hadn't had the opportunity to partner with BCG.
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We're very proud to be working
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with Teach for All in Africa.
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Our goal is to support
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the organization's expansion across the continent,
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using our capabilities in innovation and people development.
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Our for strategic partnership with Teach for All
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is all about our shared commitment
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to delivering impact at scale, in this case
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by bringing resources, solutions, and creative collaboration
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to leaders like Kassaga, who can rapidly drive impact.
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I want to be a teacher,
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I want to help other pupils,
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and I want to show them love
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like the love that the teachers of Teach for Uganda give me.
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(gentle music)