A nine-week live-online programme on education policy analysis, governance, and the politics of reform for officials and advisors.
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9 weeks
Level
Advanced
Format
Live Online
Language
English
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Verified Digital
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$1,350
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In this programme
✓9 live virtual seminars (recorded)
✓Curated policy readings each week
✓Peer learning circles
✓Capstone education policy brief
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ARPS Institute Certificate
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Overview
What You Will Learn
This programme equips education officials, advisors, and researchers to design, analyse, and implement education policy and reform that survives political and fiscal pressure.
Nine weekly live seminars combine policy methods with the political economy of education systems, culminating in a policy brief on a reform you care about.
✓Diagnose education-system challenges with evidence
✓Analyse policy options and trade-offs
✓Understand the political economy of reform
✓Design implementable, financed reforms
✓Build coalitions and manage stakeholders
✓Write a persuasive education policy brief
Who this programme is for
Ministry of education officials
Education policy advisors
Think-tank and research staff
Development-partner education leads
System and district administrators
Education-focused civil-society leaders
Included
This Programme Includes
◆9 live virtual seminars (recorded)
◆Curated policy readings each week
◆Peer learning circles
◆Capstone education policy brief
◆12 months platform access
◆Verified digital certificate
Curriculum
Programme Outline
9 modules · 27 lessons · 9 weeks
The programme is structured across 9 modules, each covering one stage of learning with live sessions, self-paced content, and a practical assignment.
Diagnosing system performance.
System diagnosticsEducation dataBenchmarking
Framing problems and options.
Problem framingOption appraisalCost-effectiveness
Who decides and how.
GovernanceDecentralisationAccountability
Budgets, equity, and efficiency.
Education financeEquityEfficiency
Why reforms stall — and how to move them.
Political economyStakeholdersIncentives
From idea to delivery.
ImplementationDelivery unitsSequencing
Building support and messaging.
CoalitionsAdvocacyMedia
Tracking and adapting.
MonitoringAdaptive managementLearning
A persuasive, financed policy brief.
Brief designCostingDefence
Programme facilitator
Meet Your Instructor
DNI
Dr. Ngozi Ifedi
Director of Policy Research · ARPS Institute
65 programmes on ARPS Institute · Education & Higher Education Leadership
No formal policy background is required, but familiarity with an education system — as an official, researcher, or practitioner — will help you get the most from it.
Yes. Seminars default to Chatham House rule to support candid discussion.
Yes — institutional invoicing and group rates are available for 3+ participants.