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PLANE (Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria)

UK government (FCDO) programme · delivered by a DAI-led consortium, UNICEF and Save the Children

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Nigeria
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Basic Information

Overview

PLANE is a nine-year UK government programme (2019-2028) that works with Nigeria's federal and state governments to improve foundational literacy and numeracy, especially for girls and children with disabilities. It is a portfolio rather than a single organisation: three separately contracted 'Windows' deliver the work, and DELVe (Ecorys, Itad, Preston) evaluates it independently.

Intervention type

Structured pedagogy, teacher coaching and government systems reform (Window 1); education in emergencies (Window 2); community catch-up learning (Window 3).

Founded

2019 (Window 1 delivery from 2021)

Headquarters

Abuja, Nigeria

Evidence base

Quasi-experimental · +0.41 SD literacy and numeracy (Window 1, 2022-2024) · Government primary schools in Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa

Current & Planned Impact

Current scale

607,701

Window 1 learners in 2024/25 (Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa)

1.40M learners reached since 2021 (FCDO Annual Review, Dec 2025)

Planned scale

Kano +5 LGAs

Kano and Jigawa governments taking PLANE statewide

Programme runs to 2028; UK funding cuts expected from April 2026

Learning gains

+0.41 SD

literacy and numeracy vs non-PLANE schools (Window 1)

Spatial regression discontinuity, FHI 360 (a consortium partner)

Cost / learner / yr

$9.30

£7.50 per learner per year, Window 1 (2022-2024)

Includes government staff time. About £54 per SD of learning gain.

Caveat: Window 1 data only. Window 2 and Window 3 have no published cost per learner or effect size.

Impact by Window

PLANE delivers through three windows.

Window 1, Foundational Learning (Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa)

+0.41 SD in literacy and numeracy

  • Hausa-language teacher guides and pupil books for Primary 1-6, with coaching from government School Support Officers
  • 607,701 learners, 1,977 schools and 8,576 teachers in 17 LGAs (2024/25)
  • 55.6% of Primary 4 learners met the foundational Hausa reading benchmark; about 83% met foundational numeracy

Window 2, Education in Emergencies (Borno, Yobe)

340,000+ children reached

  • Delivered by UNICEF in six urban LGAs, using Teaching at the Right Level, KARI and accelerated learning for out-of-school children
  • About 7,000 teachers trained in inclusive methods; 53% of children reached are girls
  • 92% of girls in supported schools moved on to junior secondary in 2025
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Window 3, Community Support to Learning (Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa)

Community catch-up clubs

  • Led by Save the Children: catch-up clubs, boost camps, savings groups and disability inclusion
  • 597 children with disabilities re-enrolled; 88 savings groups supported
  • Gains fell short of targets; window closing around September 2026
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Funding Ask

PLANE is funded by the UK government (up to £170M, 2019-2028). No funding ask has been shared with 5in5. UK funding cuts are expected from April 2026.

Program

PLANE (Data pending)

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