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Global Reach
Enhancing Education Across the Globe
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27
Countries of Operation
7,921,304
Children Reached per Year
$12
Avg Cost-Per-Learner
15
Total Providers
Approved 5in5 portfolio (15 providers). Reach is direct, annual, most recent reported year. Average cost is weighted by each programme's annual reach. EKOEXCEL (Lagos) is included at its last reported level while the programme restarts.
Last updated November 2026
How we verify
Read our methodology →Sourced
Every figure comes from a published evaluation, government assessment, or provider report.
Reverified
Our team checks each figure against its original source before it appears here.
Validated
Providers earn the Validated badge once their core cost and learning data are confirmed.
Providers (15)
Learning Gains
Organized by the real instrument each provider reports against (EGRA, PARAKH, ASER, and so on), not by a single blended statistic. Baseline sits in the lighter dot, the result after intervention in the darker one, and the gap between them is the story.
Select up to 3 providers to compare (providers with at least one published figure)
How gains are measured
How many validated providers report against each real instrument in Notion. Click a bar to filter the effect panel to just that instrument. This box answers “what do people use.” The effect panel on the right answers “so what.”
Click any bar to filter the effect panel to that instrument.
Every measured result across validated providers
Values use whatever unit each source reported (SD, percentage points, years of learning), so read them as evidence of direction and strength within their own study, not as directly comparable across instruments. Click any card to see the study it comes from. Pick an instrument on the left or a provider above to narrow the list.
1 of 1 initiative has a published result
1 of 4 initiatives have a published result
8 of 9 initiatives have a published result
1 of 1 initiative has a published result
2 of 2 initiatives have a published result
1 of 3 initiatives have a published result
1 of 1 initiative has a published result
1 of 1 initiative has a published result
1 of 1 initiative has a published result
4 of 4 initiatives have a published result
1 of 1 initiative has a published result
1 of 1 initiative has a published result
1 of 2 initiatives have a published result
1 of 1 initiative has a published result
0 of 1 initiative has a published result
Cost Data
Cost & Reach
Priority providers, annual figures.
Cost per Learner / Year (USD)
Lower cost per learner is better. Where a provider's cost is a real range, the bar runs from zero in a lighter lead-in segment up to the low end, then in solid brand colour across the range. A single figure renders as one solid segment. Hatched bars mean no cost is published yet.
Total Reach (Learners)
Amira Learning: Annual figure not reported
Associates in Research and Education for Development (ARED): Annual figure not reported
VVOB: Annual figure not reported
Reach uses a square-root scale so the largest programmes don't flatten the smaller bars.
Country Platforms
Global Impact
Active FLN providers, evidence strength, cost-per-learner, World Bank facilities, and known funders.
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East Africa
Kenya
EIDU at $10/learner · TaRL Africa HQ
West Africa
Nigeria
NewGlobe: 3 state programmes · TaRL Africa · PLANE
South Asia
India
Madhi · Reach to Teach · HPPI · EI · NewGlobe