Careful monitoring and observation of each component of the TaRL approach is an important aspect of successful TaRL implementation. In this post, we reflect on how the TaRL Africa team, along with country TaRL teams in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, identified challenges...
From 6 to 11 May, members of the Catch Up team from Zambia visited India to meet Pratham staff, see TaRL classes in action, and meet school and government staff working on TaRL programmes. The Catch Up team reflects on the visit. 1. What were the objectives of your...
The Borno State Government with support from the Department for International Development (DFID) through UNICEF, Plan International, and TaRL Africa recently concluded a small Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) pilot reaching over 9000 children in twelve schools. The...
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...
Cross-posted from the J-PAL blog. Building on over a decade of rigorous research around the world and two years of iterative learning in Zambia, the Ministry of General Education will scale up a program called Catch Up to approximately 1,800 schools in Zambia over the...
Cross-posted from the J-PAL blog. How can policymakers integrate lessons from innovations proven to be effective in another context? Learning journeys can play a key role in understanding the implementation and context details which drove a program’s impact and might...
