Uganda

TaRL Delivery Model

UCatchUp 

VVOB supports the Ministry of Education to deliver TaRL programming. Luyankore, Kinyarawanda, Kinyabwisha, Dinka, Nuer, Lugabathi, Lhukozo, Runyakom Rikiga, Kiswahili, Rutoro reading and maths classes are provided in a school setting, before and after ordinary school hours for two school terms.  The teachers received mentoring support from school-based mentors (Deputy headteachers) as well as from external mentors (associate assessors and coordination centre tutors).

Roots to Rise (R2R)

Building Tomorrow, launched a signature foundational literacy and numeracy program called Roots to Rise (R2R) in 2018. R2R adapts the proven TaRL pedagogy to the Ugandan context, leveraging community and school support to deliver learning-level-specific lessons to children in transitional classes.

R2R is delivered by university graduates employed to support education in underserved communities (Building Tomorrow Fellows) and local volunteers passionate about education (Community Education Volunteers (CEVs)). The R2R programme provides 40 hours of interactive learning activities.

Within schools, R2R is a remedial program led by trained teachers with support from Fellows and CEVs. It is an integral part of the school program that is planned and supported by Building Tomorrow’s respective local government partners. Community-based learning camps foster continued learning through school breaks. These camps take place in select host homes and community learning centres, led by CEVs with support from Fellows and teachers. CEVs are recruited by school leadership and jointly supervised by district local council leadership.

R2R has reached over 125,000 children with support from several thousand CEVs and 600 teachers. It is implemented in 600 public primary schools in 20 districts, with lessons delivered in five languages.

Bridging the Gap

Bridging the Gap was implemented in Kyaka II refugee settlement with the aim of supporting Congolese refugee children’s transition from a French to an English curriculum so that they can integrate into formal education. Using the TaRL approach our partners Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID) and Street Child have reached 1,280 children in 8 bridging centres.

Through the Bridging the Gap program, children go through a learning cycle for 6 months (1.5 months mother tongue, 1.5 months mother tongue and English and 3 months of English only) and then integrate into the formal school. They are required to attend daily reading and maths TaRL sessions. The sessions are delivered by one Ugandan national teacher and one refugee teacher who work together and use a combination of mother tongue and English to teach the children. Later lessons are delivered solely in English.