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PEC will soon be extended to all schools in the Bagoué region in Côte d’Ivoire

The Ministry of National Education and Literacy and Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) Africa will implement the Targeted Teaching Program (PEC) in the Bagoué region, announced the regional director of Education and Literacy of Boundiali, Dramane Coulibaly, in an information note sent to the AIP. “To achieve the national objective of the Ministry of …

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Meet Naaman Ochieng, our passionate Programmes Coordinator

Naaman Ochieng is TaRL Africa’s Programmes Coordinator. He supports Incubation and Learning as well as government engagement in Kenya to strengthen implementation and strategy to improve program growth. He lets us in on his role as a Programmes Coordinator and why he loves working at TaRL Africa.  What has your experience been so far working …

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Adapting a new educational approach to francophone West Africa

Cross posted from the J-PAL blog. In francophone West Africa, despite progress made in primary school enrollment rates, students’ learning levels remain low throughout primary school. For example, in Côte d’Ivoire, more than half of students did not reach a “satisfactory” level in reading and almost three in four students did not reach a “satisfactory” level in mathematics …

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Applying the generalizability framework: Adopting Teaching at the Right Level in Zambia

Cross–posted from the J-PAL blog. How can governments learn from evidence generated from randomized evaluations? Over the last three years, J-PAL Africa has supported the Zambian Ministry of General Education to pilot and scale up the Catch Up Program, with the help of Pratham, Innovations for Poverty Action, UNICEF Zambia, VVOB – education for development, the USAID Zambia Mission, and USAID Development Innovation Ventures. Catch Up …

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Teaching at the Right Level Website Launch

J-PAL Africa and Pratham have launched a new Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) website in response to growing demand from governments, schools, and NGOs for details on TaRL methodology and implementation. In recent years, education stakeholders have become increasingly aware of low foundational skill levels in primary schools and the lack of safety nets for the …

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Release: J-PAL and Pratham awarded philanthropic funding toward education systems change

New Teaching at the Right Level initiative to support over three million primary school students in Africa with evidence-backed approach Reposted from the J-PAL website. Contact: Eliza Keller, ekeller@povertyactionlab.org, (+001) 617-324-5991. On January 15, Co-Impact, a global philanthropic collaborative for systems change, announced a commitment of US$80 million and technical support to five initiatives with proven systems changing strategies …

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Reflections from the 2019 TaRL Workshop: learning about a child-centred education approach

From 9-18 September, Young 1ove and TaRL Africa hosted participants from organisations across Africa for a TaRL learning journey and workshop in Gaborone, Botswana. Lindi Strydom from South African-based organisation, Community Action Partnership (CAP) reflects on her experience at the Workshop. In September, representatives from all over Africa attended an 8-day Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) …

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