The TaRL approach invests in systems and educators to strengthen children’s foundational skills

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A teacher facilitating a TaRL numeracy activity. Photo: TaRL Africa   Foundational literacy skills such as reading, writing, and arithmetic are important. These skills help children learn and master concepts in school, which build them to become successful,...

Kenya needs to invest in advancing literacy and numeracy skills in early grades.

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Learners practice a literacy activity in small groups during a TaRL session. Photo: TaRL Africa Learning outcomes for children in early grades are poor despite ambitious education reforms in the country, such as the free primary education act and the introduction of...

Embedding Teaching at the Right Level programmes into government systems in Nigeria

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A teacher facilitating a TaRL literacy activity in Nigeria. (Photo: British Council)   “My donkey’s name is Bare.” This seems like a simple sentence. However, according to statistics from the ‘Learning Crisis in the Nigerian Literacy of 2021′  70...

Simple, Timely Learning Assessments Are Essential to Driving Instruction That Leads to Improvements in Learning Outcomes

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A teacher facilitating a TaRL numeracy activity in Nigeria. (Photo: British Council) In line with the RISE messaging campaign action of ‘Measure learning reliably, regularly, and relevantly’, we discuss one example of what such learning measurement looks like in the...

Government officials in Uganda visit Teaching at the Right Level in schools

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Government officials visit TaRL sessions in Uganda. Photo: VVOB in Uganda   “Why are we not teaching like this in all classrooms?” asked Mr. Ismael Mulindwa, the Director of Basic & Secondary Education from the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), when he...

GRiC mainstreams parental engagement in promoting holistic foundational learning in underserved communities of Kenya

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TaRL session at Noosidan Primary School, Kajiado County. Photo: Samwel Mwayi, GRiC  Nashipai is a mother of three children who are students at a primary school in Kajiado, Kenya. She is also a part of the parental engagement programme run by Grassroots Nest for...