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From Assessment Data to Better Evidence: Strengthening Africa’s Foundational Learning Evidence Ecosystem

This report examines the landscape of foundational learning assessments in Africa, advocating for the treatment of assessment data as long-term public assets. It highlights how open microdata and the FAIR principles can improve data quality, comparability, and evidence-based policymaking for foundational learning and numeracy.

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Pathways Digital Competency Framework for Educators in Sub-Saharan Africa

A comprehensive framework developed by UNICEF to guide and assess the digital competencies of educators across Sub-Saharan Africa, supporting foundational learning and adaptive educational technologies.

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OECD Guidance on Outcomes-Based Financing: Public Consultation Summary

This summary of stakeholder feedback on the OECD Outcomes-Based Financing guidance explores financing mechanisms applicable to social sectors like education, including early childhood development and foundational learning.

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Emerging Digital Technologies and Reading Comprehension: A Connectivist Analysis of Junior Secondary Students in Africa

This study examines the role of emerging digital technologies in enhancing reading comprehension among junior secondary school students in Africa through Connectivism Theory. Findings indicate that digital tools like e-books and educational games foster engagement, collaboration, and foundational literacy development.

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Middle Tier for Foundational Learning

This research note examines the role of subnational middle-tier personnel and structures in scaling, supporting, and sustaining foundational literacy and numeracy reforms across low- and middle-income education systems.

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Addressing Learning Poverty in Africa: Policies and Implementation

This paper examines the structural, pedagogical, and policy drivers of learning poverty across Africa, where nine out of ten children cannot read simple text by age 10. It reviews strategies such as structured pedagogy, multilingual education, and teacher professional development to improve foundational learning outcomes.

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Policy Implications on Learner Retention in Selected Rural Primary Schools in South Africa

This study explores the policy implications of grade retention among foundation phase learners in rural South African primary schools. It examines teacher perspectives on holding back struggling students and highlights the challenges of early grade academic performance.

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Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) Toolkit, Version 3.0

This toolkit provides comprehensive guidance for designing, adapting, implementing, analyzing, and reporting on the Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA). It serves as a practical manual for educators, researchers, and policymakers aiming to measure and improve foundational literacy skills in early primary grades.

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Report of Proceedings: African Union ECED & FLN Cluster Orientation Meeting

This report details the official launch and orientation meeting of the reconstituted Early Childhood Education and Development & Foundational Learning (ECED & FLN) Cluster under CESA 26-35. It outlines the cluster's governance, strategic priorities, and implementation framework for advancing early learning across Africa.

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Foundational Learning Action Tracker 2025: West and Central Africa Regional Brief

This regional brief evaluates government progress on foundational learning and numeracy across West and Central Africa using the UNICEF and Hempel Foundation RAPID Framework. It tracks policy actions and systems strengthening indicators such as curriculum benchmarks, learning assessments, and pedagogy in early grades.

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SmartStart 2023 Programme Evaluation

This evaluation report assesses the impact and quality of SmartStart, South Africa's national early learning social franchise model. It examines child developmental outcomes using the Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM), program quality assurance (PQA), and practitioner support systems in underserved communities.

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Rote Learning: Definition, Cognitive Mechanisms, and Educational Applications

This document provides an overview of rote learning as a pedagogical and cognitive strategy, detailing its reliance on repetition, maintenance rehearsal, and memorization without deep comprehension. It discusses the history, cognitive mechanisms, advantages, and limitations of rote methods in educational contexts.

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