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Rwanda: Baseline survey tracking literacy knowledge, attitudes, and practices at the school and community level
Mureke Dusome (Let’s Read) is a four-year project that aims to improve children’s literacy skills by supporting reading outside of school. The project aims to create and strengthen partnerships between schools and communities, increase effective community
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Cambodia First Read Endline Report, 2016
This report describes the results of an evaluation of “FIRST READ: Supporting families with preschool children to learn together in Cambodia”, funded by the Prudence Foundation. IDELA Documents
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First Read Rwanda: Children aged 0-6 years
This report describes the results of an endline evaluation of First Read, a programme focused on developing emergent literacy skills in children aged 0-6, in three sectors of Rwanda’s Ngororero district. IDELA Documents
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Ready to Read: Northern Ireland
Ensuring that all children are reading well by the age of 11 would make a game-changing contribution to creating a fairer country. As Ready to Read explains, this can only be achieved if there is commitment to boosting the early language skills of the poo
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Literacy Boost: Belajar, Indonesia
This report describes the results of a baseline survey of second grade students’ reading skills and background characteristics in the Belu district of Indonesia. The baseline was conducted in order to inform Literacy Boost BELAJAR programming in Belu by e
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Endline Evaluation of Rwandan Children's Book Initiative (RCBI)
Through the support of the Innovation for Education fund, a partnership between the Governments of Rwanda and the UK, Save the Children in Rwanda began implementation activities for the Rwandan’s Children Book Initiative (RCBI) in May of 2013 to support p
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Supporting Emergent Literacy and Math Skills (ELM) in Early Childhood Programs in Ethiopia
One of Save the Children’s programmatic priorities is supporting 3 to 5 year old children around the world with quality early childhood care and development (ECCD) programs. The focus is on strengthening school readiness skills so that children are ready
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Enjoying Books Together: A guide for teachers on the use of books in the classroom
This guide has been produced by the Rwandan Children’s Book Initiative, a project of Save the Children. The aim of the guide is to introduce Rwandan teachers to the importance of written material and books and to share some ideas for how they can be used
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First Read: Supporting families with young children to learn together
In Cambodia, only 18 percent of pre-primary school aged children are enrolled and participate in Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) services while children aged 3 to 5 years old represent 33%. Less than half of all children enrolled in primary sc
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Literacy Breakthrough: Global Ripples from our Programs
As a global movement working to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, Save the Children’s literacy programs have grown in influence beyond their initial implementation sites. Around the world, Save the Children education teams are le
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Enjoying Books Together At Home: Ideas for parents and carers for encouraging reading
"Enjoying Books Together at Home" is a short guide for parents to use when introducing their children to the importance of reading outside of school. It includes suggestions for parents and caregivers of activities they can use to encourage reading at hom
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The Power of Reading: How the next government can unlock every child's potential through reading
The mission of the Read On. Get On. campaign is to ensure every child is able to read well when they leave primary school by the year 2025. This document is directed toward the United Kingdom government, elected in 2015. This report sets out the key polic