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Remote Learning: Evidence from Nepal during COVID-19
Resource type
Report
Authors/contributors
- Radhakrishnan, Karthika (Author)
- Sabarwal, Shwetlena (Author)
- Sharma, Uttam (Author)
- Cullen, Claire (Author)
- Crossley, Colin (Author)
- Letsomo, Thato (Author)
- Angrist, Noam (Author)
Title
Remote Learning: Evidence from Nepal during COVID-19
Abstract
This note discusses early results from a distance education program on foundational numeracy for primary school students in Nepal during Coronavirus (COVID-19) evaluated in a randomized trial. The trial included 3,700 households with children in public school (grades 3-5). It provided support for foundational numeracy through mobile phone-based tutoring. The trial tested delivery through public school teachers and also through NGO facilitators. It led to a 30 percent increase in foundational numeracy, with teachers being slightly more effective at producing learning gains than NGO facilitators. These results suggest that instructional support through mobile phones can be a high-access and low-cost approach to providing instruction at scale
Report Type
Brief
Place
Washington, DC
Institution
World Bank
Date
2021-07
Language
English
Short Title
Remote Learning
Accessed
25/06/2022, 22:46
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Extra
Accepted: 2021-07-28T17:29:14Z
Citation
Radhakrishnan, K., Sabarwal, S., Sharma, U., Cullen, C., Crossley, C., Letsomo, T., & Angrist, N. (2021). Remote Learning: Evidence from Nepal during COVID-19 [Brief]. World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/36031
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