Roots to Rise - Uganda

Abstract
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Roots to Rise is an initiative of Building Tomorrow’s thriving schools program, its major aim is to ensure
all children possess the relevant foundational literacy and numeracy skills within the transitional classes
that is :- primary three , four and five.
The approach is inspired by Pratham’s rigorously researched Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL)
approach. In 2018, this approach was first piloted in 15 schools within Kiboga and Kyankwanzi districts. It
was later on scaled to reach 85 schools in 14 districts working with various district education
departments.
At the height of the first COVID total lockdown (2020), the roots to rise program was adjusted to be
delivered remotely via interactive voice recordings (IVR) technology that is Roots to Rise Ewaka. This
enabled over 58,000 children to receive automated numeracy lessons.
Cognizant of the criticality of in person instruction during the COVID out of school period, Building
Tomorrow further adapted the classroom based instruction to reach learners out of school through
community learning camps.
This approach anchors TaRL based literacy and numeracy camps in the community, moving away from
the traditional reliance on the physical school while still providing dynamic face to face interactions.

Geographic coverage
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14 districts in Uganda

Analysis unit
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households and individual learners

Universe
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Roots to rise reached students in 85 schools within 14 districts

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument
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A total of three surver instruments were used to collect the data on the students performance in literacy and numeracy

摘要
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‘根植未来，攀登高峰’项目是‘构建明日繁荣学校’计划的一部分，其核心目标在于确保所有儿童在过渡阶段，即小学三年级、四年级和五年级，具备必要的文学和数学基础技能。

该方案灵感来源于Pratham精心研究的‘适宜水平教学’（TaRL）方法。2018年，该方法首次在基博加和坎坎齐地区的15所学校中进行试点。随后，该方案得以扩展，覆盖了14个地区的85所学校，并与各地区的教育部门合作。

在首次COVID全面封锁的高峰期（2020年），‘根植未来，攀登高峰’项目调整方案，通过互动语音记录（IVR）技术——‘根植未来，攀登高峰 Ewaka’——进行远程交付。这使得超过58,000名儿童能够接收自动化的数学课程。

鉴于COVID疫情期间校外个人指导的至关重要性，‘构建明日’进一步调整了基于课堂的指导方式，通过社区学习营来触及校外学习者。

该方法将基于TaRL的文学和数学营建立在社区之中，摆脱了对传统学校的物质依赖，同时仍提供动态的面对面互动。

地理覆盖范围
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乌干达14个地区

分析单元
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家庭和个别学习者

总体
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‘根植未来，攀登高峰’项目触及了14个地区85所学校的学生

数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]

研究工具
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共使用了三种调查工具来收集关于学生在文学和数学方面的表现数据。