Spurred by low learning outcomes, remedial teaching program aspires to aid the acquisition of basic skills in Senegal
WHAT: A remedial teaching program aimed to accelerate children’s acquisition of basic skills through training teachers, recruiting remedial teaching assistants, developing additional teaching materials and monitoring progress.
WHERE: The project is being implemented in five local authorities in Senegal: Medina, Diareme Limamolaye, Rufisque-Est, Malicounda and Thies.
WHEN: The remedial teaching program started in 2014. To date, 70 teachers have been trained.
WHO: The remedial teaching program has reached 1,480 children, trained 70 teachers to strengthen their teaching in Arabic and recruited 70 remedial teaching assistants.
WHY: Data from the Jàngandoo citizen-led barometer has demonstrated that learning levels remain low despite increased enrollment. Jàngandoo works alongside local communities and in partnership with local authorities to support them to improve learning through remedial programs in their local communities. This is in line with Jàngandoo’s Theory of Change, which states that the citizen-led barometer should act as a catalyst in the chain of actions that are required to improve learning outcomes, using a ‘bottom-up’ approach.
