IRC Healing Classrooms Remedial Tutoring Programming Improves Nigerien and Nigerian Children's Learning. 3EA: Education in Emergencies, Evidence for Action

Abstract

With support from Dubai Cares during the school year 2016-2017, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) delivered Learning in a Healing Classroom remedial tutoring programming to support local and internally displaced Nigerien children and refugee Nigerian children’s learning outcomes and retention in public schools in Niger. We found that, after twenty-two weeks of program implementation, (1) access to Healing Classrooms programming significantly improved students’ reading and math skills, and (2) adding low-cost, targeted social-emotional learning interventions to Healing Classrooms improved students’ overall school grades as well.