NewGlobe · Nigeria

EKOEXCEL (Lagos)

Lagos State

Quasi-experimental
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EKOEXCEL (Lagos) classroom

Basic Information

Project overview

Lagos State Government statewide public primary/ECCDE transformation (LASUBEB + NewGlobe technical partner), launched 2019.

Intervention

Tech-enabled structured pedagogy: digital scripted lessons on tablets, coaching, Spotlight/Situation Room dashboards, pupil materials.

Provider

NewGlobe

Country

Nigeria

Geography

Lagos State

Evidence quality

Quasi-experimental

Programme Scale & Cost

Learners

400,000

Public primary/ECD reached

Schools

1,000

Government schools in programme

Cost / learner / yr

$43.38

Programme-specific unit cost

Learning gains

ORF +2.2 to +2.4 cwpm (0.05–0.11 SD), 7-week diff-in-diff, COVID-shortened. Separate World Bank third-party evaluation available.

Cost note: Funding PDF current $43.38/student/year; target ~$14.70–$15 at scale. Lagos invested ~$80M over 6 years.

Caveat: Paused; Lagos State plans to restart. Shown at last reported level. Funding PDF uses ~400,000 learners; press sometimes cites ~1M. Prefer 400k for funder use.

Learning Gains — Detail

cwpm

2.2–2.4 CWPM

ORF gain vs comparison

7-week diff-in-diff, COVID-shortened