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    Improving Adult Literacy in Niger Through Mobile Calls to Teachers

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    Date
    2021-02
    Author
    Benson, Vivienne
    Aker, Jenny C.
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    In Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, 85 per cent of adults are unable to read or write, even in local languages. Adult education programmes can be a route to improving adult literacy rates, but non-governmental organisation (NGO) and government schemes are characterised with low enrolment, high dropout, and poor teacher attendance. In partnership with the Ministry of Education, Catholic Relief Services, the Sahel Group, and Tufts University, regular phone calls and motivational support were given to teachers to encourage and monitor attendance of adult education programmes between 2018 and 2019. The impact of this project directly led to improved reading and maths scores. Based on this evidence, the approach has been tested by the Ministry of Education in primary schools.
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    https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16424
    Citation
    Benson, V. and Aker, J.C. (2021) Improving Adult Literacy in Niger Through Mobile Calls to Teachers, ESRC-FCDO Research Impact, Brighton: the Institute of Development Studies and the Impact Initiative
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    10.35648/20.500.12413/11781/ii368
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    ESRC-FCDO Research Impact;
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    https://doi.org/10.35648/20.500.12413/11781/ii368
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    © Institute of Development Studies 2021
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    ESRC-FCDO
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