NewGlobe · Rwanda

RwandaEQUIP

National public/government-aided primary

Quasi-experimental
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RwandaEQUIP classroom

Basic Information

Project overview

Government of Rwanda Education Quality Improvement Program; NewGlobe technical partner; ~1/3 of primary pupils.

Intervention

Tablets with scripted guides, coaching, pupil materials, English/Kinyarwanda literacy and maths, dashboards.

Provider

NewGlobe

Country

Rwanda

Geography

National public/government-aided primary

Evidence quality

Quasi-experimental

Programme Scale & Cost

Learners

853,000

Public primary/ECD reached

Schools

760

Government schools in programme

Cost / learner / yr

$34

Programme-specific unit cost

Learning gains

Grade 1: 0.8 → 9.4 cwpm vs comparison 0.3 → 3.0; absenteeism 34%→11%; lesson completion 17%→77%.

Cost note: Funding PDF $34/student/year; goal ~$10 at full scale. Philanthropic ask $79M to reach 100% primary.