.jpg?sfvrsn=6e0ac937_1)
Project Partner: Room to Read
Geographies: Indonesia, Vietnam, India
What is the core idea of the pilot?
COVID-19 led to the single largest threat to ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education in modern times. Many of the world’s most vulnerable children do not have access to the remote learning support they need to keep up with their studies. As learning losses continue to grow, the World Bank estimates that an additional 72 million primary school children will experience learning poverty – meaning most will be unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10.
There is a critical need to build capacity in local systems to support learning recovery and to support teachers, families and children to ensure education endures – whether children are learning in the classroom, at home or in the transition back to school.
Why is this innovative?
Room to Read operates with strong government partnerships across all its countries of implementation.
- Indonesia – we will leverage the reading activities and teacher training and coaching conducted in 2020 and 2021 as well as conducting further virtual training of teachers and school principals using digital platforms, as well as providing in-depth coaching.
and roll-out in states such as Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Jharkhand, Haryana.
What will success look like?
Phase 1 (2022) – Scaling in Indonesia and expanding to India and Vietnam
- Indonesia: Training expanded to 180+ schools in East Java, Bali, and East Nusa Tenggara; national webinars for 8,000 teachers from 8-12 districts; research and training model refined.
- India and Vietnam: Developed multilingual materials for virtual training.
Phase 2 (2023) – Launch and monitor training, deepen impact, and build teacher capacity
- Indonesia: Trained an additional NGO to extend virtual training to a new region with local government support; national webinars for 10,000 teachers from 10-15 districts.
- India: Launched virtual training in two states; finalized additional training materials; conducted research and refined training model for India.
- Vietnam: Implemented virtual training in five provinces with the MOET; trained two NGOs to extend the model; conducted research and refined training model for Vietnam.
Phase 3 (2024) – Scale local education systems and establish evidence for global implementation
- Indonesia: Scale reading training with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, and District Education Offices to deliver quality content to all 144,000 primary schools; train two more NGOs to expand to new regions; continue building evidence for impact enhancement.
How will success be achieved?
- Capacity Building: Collaborate with local governments and train partner NGOs to enhance children's reading skills. Promote the Literacy Cloud platform to teachers, coaches, librarians, school management, and families in Indonesia, Vietnam, and India
- Digital Development: Create digital professional development content for teachers, educators, and coaches, including videos and online courses. Provide virtual training to promote reading habits through home studies and classroom activities, supporting both online and in-person instruction.
- Impact Investigation: Evaluate the use and reach of virtual training to identify barriers and strategies, determine the most effective digital resources for teacher development, and measure the number of children reached by virtually trained teachers.
Who is leading the project?
Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read is creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality.
We are achieving this goal by helping children in low-income communities develop literacy skills and a habit of reading, and by supporting girls to build skills to succeed in school and negotiate key life decisions.
We collaborate with governments and other partner organizations to deliver positive outcomes for children at scale. Room to Read has benefitted more than 23 million children across 20 countries and over 40,700 communities and aims to reach 40 million children by 2025.
