RIGHT TO LEARN PROJECT REACHES 20,616 CHILDREN — Street Child

The impact of transforming primary schools:

To increase transition to secondary education for children in remote rural communities, Right to Learn also supported the development of 40 rural primary schools by building or renovating classrooms. This enabled the full range of classes 1-6 to be taught.

10,763 unique children were enrolled in and benefitted from improvements to the 40 target schools, with an increase of 47% enrolment between the first and final year of intervention. A total of 1,283 children successfully completed primary education, passing the National Primary School Examination during the lifetime of the project, with a highly successful pass rate of 79.5% and 1,172 (91%) of those children were supported via the individual component to transition to Junior Secondary School.

Improving the quality of teaching has been pursued through in-classroom coaching, including use of the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) approach, for 123 upper primary teachers. 39 unqualified teachers were also enrolled in college to pursue the government-recognised teaching qualification, they are awaiting their results after sitting their exam in August 2021. 

Community action plans were created to address sustainability, including lobbying for integration into the government system and future financial support. During the project 23 schools gained Government approval through collaboration with the regional Ministry of Basic and Secondary School Education office and all 40 schools established income generating initiatives to create a source of income to increase the sustainability of project improvements.

Street Child UK and Street Child of Sierra Leone would like to express our enormous gratitude to everyone who supported our UK Aid match appeals and to the UK government for matching all donations. Thanks to the British public, the Right to Learn Project has reached 20,616 children and increased their chances to access education.