Steppe schools programme

Classroom materials and field days built around the landscape children already know.

SCA Project Education & Awareness Mongolia 2022 · 2023 ← Back to archive

Rather than importing a curriculum, this programme worked with local teachers to build materials rooted in the grasslands immediately around each school.

Field days pair classroom work with a morning outdoors, and the materials have since been adopted by schools beyond the original pilot districts.

Outcomes

220

schools taking part

teachers trained

8,000+

children reached

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Close view of field monitoring equipment

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Field team walking back at the end of the day

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