Who We Are
TaRL Africa is an Africa-based organisation that works with Ministries of Education to strengthen education systems to ensure every child gains foundational reading and maths skills before completing primary school.
Our Mission
We support education systems across Africa to equip all children with basic reading and math skills.
Our Vision
Every child across Africa acquires foundational skills for a better future.
Our Story
The Ministry of General Education in Zambia launched the Catch Up programme, the first large-scale adaptation of the TaRL approach in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Catch Up expanded to more schools in Zambia, while pilot programmes were launched in Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria, signalling a growing demand for TaRL across the continent.
TaRL Africa was formally founded as a joint initiative of Pratham and J-PAL, with catalytic support from Co-Impact, ushering in a new era for foundational learning in Africa.
TaRL Africa established its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, anchoring our commitment to regional collaboration while supporting implementation across Sub-Saharan Africa.
In response to COVID-19 school closures, we provided remote learning support to 12 countries, reaching more than 1 million children, in a bid to ensure that foundational learning continued despite the disruption.
We unveiled an ambitious five-year strategy designed to deepen our work in a focused portfolio of countries, strengthening government partnerships, embedding learning approaches, and sustaining progress at scale.
Over 7 million children across 17+ countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have now benefited from Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) programming, evidence that tailored instruction continues to unlock learning for all.