Students in Rwanda benefitting from RisingFaster, a structured pedagogy programme
In January 2023, Dalberg, in partnership with the Hempel Foundation, launched their ground-breaking Elimu-Soko Partnership in Rwanda. We were delighted to be chosen as the project’s innovating partner by the Ministry of Education and Rwanda Basic Education Board.
The project aimed to strengthen the systems that supports teacher professional development, and ultimately to improve student learning in foundational literacy and numeracy (Grades P1, P2, and P3). To do this, Rising Academies worked with 40 schools to pilot RisingFaster, our solution to support governments improve teachers’ capacity to teach foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN).
The results from the 6-month pilot have been positive. Students participating in Rising's FasterReading and FasterMath programs outperformed the control group by 11% in numeracy skills and 19% in literacy skills. In the graphs below you can see the progression of students across the four cycles of the programme.
In addition to student learning outcomes, we saw significant improvements in teacher knowledge of how to teach foundational math and literacy, and also improvements in teacher beliefs.
These are the second set of positive findings we’ve received looking at the impact of our RisingFaster programmes. Results from an early-stage RCT research project with IDInsight in Liberia found that children who enrolled in FasterReading had a 0.28 SD or 36% improvement in their foundational reading compared to the status quo. They were also 11% more likely to attend school.
Teachers in Rwanda at the end of their 3-day Rising Refresher Training
Following the pilot results, the Ministry of Education and Rwanda Basic Education Board have extended the project into a second year.
You can read more about the Elimu-Soko project here.
To obtain the full Endline Report for the pilot please contact us at information@risingacademies.com