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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 percent of 10-year-olds in Nigeria can neither read nor comprehend a simple sentence like this one. …

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

Children enjoy a fun icebreaker during a TaRL session in Côte d’Ivoire. Photo: TaRL Africa 2022 has been a significant year in the education sector as it marks the resumption of near normal levels of education after months of school disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. It also marks the year when the global community …

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Learners participate in a TaRL activity during a Catch Up session in Zambia. Photo: VVOB Busara Center, Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) Africa and VVOB have entered into a unique new partnership to study the influence of teachers’ beliefs and intentions on the delivery of the TaRL program, Catch Up, in Zambia. This research is one of several …

How do teachers’ beliefs and intentions influence the delivery of teaching practices in Zambia? Read More »

TaRL Africa colleagues conduct a TaRL training in Zanzibar. Photo: Milele Zanzibar Foundation TaRL Africa is excited to support a budding community of practice, which includes multiple organisations implementing TaRL in contexts across sub-Saharan Africa. This year, our teams visited multiple partner programmes to learn from their interventions and to support them in building teachers’ …

A growing community of practice implements the TaRL approach across Sub-Saharan Africa Read More »

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 and colleagues witnessed the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) methodology at …

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A learner is assessed during a TaRL session in Nigeria. Photo: TaRL Africa In September 2022, the Kebbi state government continued its strong commitment to enhancing foundational literacy and numeracy in the state by renewing funding support to Kebbi Foundational Skills Accelerator (KeFSA) — the state’s TaRL programme. KeFSA received funding support from the state …

Kebbi Foundational Skills Accelerator (KeFSA) implementation continues into 2023 with government support Read More »