Welcome to Skills for Prosperity: Safeguarding, Economic Inclusion and Gender Equality & Social Inclusion course!

Overview

The Skills for Prosperity: Safeguarding, Economic Inclusion and Gender Equality & Social Inclusion course has been developed as a part of the Skills for Prosperity Kenya (SFPK) programme by Leonard Cheshire in collaboration with Kenya Ministry of Education - State Department for University Education and Research, and The Open University. This programme is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) with the overall aim of improving the quality, relevance, and equity of higher education (HE) and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Kenya.

This course is designed for trainers (ToTs) in Higher Education(HE) and TVET institutions. In this course, you will be introduced to principles of safeguarding, economic inclusion, gender equality and social inclusion, with a focus on women, youth and persons with disabilities in Kenya.

Completing each module of the course will give you the opportunity to earn a digital badge. Completing all three modules will enable you to earn a certificate of completion. Badges are not accredited by The Open University, but they are a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, as well as providing evidence of continuing professional development.

Accessing and sharing your badges

• Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges from ‘My Profile’
• Click on ‘Achievements’. You will see the badge alongside the course title
  
• To view the details of the badge, to download it, or to add it to a badge backpack, click on the badge and you will be taken to the badge information page
• You can either download this page to your computer or add the badge to your badge backpack

Badges awarded within OpenLearn Create can be shared via social media such as Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn, and to a badge backpack such as Badgr.

In addition, you can download and print your certificate of completion, which also displays your Skills for Prosperity badges.

Completing the surveys

The Skills for Prosperity Programme, Kenya (SFPK) would really appreciate you taking a few minutes of your time to tell us about your experience in undertaking the course. We would also value your feedback in the Course Evaluation. Your responses will be treated in strict confidence in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 (UK) and Kenya's Data Protection Act (2019). As per the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), your survey responses will be used for programme monitoring and evaluation purposes only. No personal information will be passed to anyone outside the project team.

Learning outcomes for the course

By the end of this course, the learner should be able to develop an understanding of safeguarding, economic inclusion and gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) principles and use this knowledge to mainstream and incorporate safeguarding and inclusion within institutions.

Copyright information

Creative Commons: The Open University is proud to release this free course under a Creative Commons licence. However, any third-party materials featured within it are used with permission and are not ours to give away. These materials are not subject to the Creative Commons licence. See terms and conditions and our frequently asked questions (FAQs).

Full copyright details can be found on the acknowledgements page at the end of this course.