The Reading and Numeracy Activity (RANA)
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I Inactive
Key Information
This project aims to improve the quality of literacy and numeracy instruction for girls and boys in primary grades 1–3 in approximately 200 schools in the two states. These schools and states form a subset of UNICEF’s Girls’ Education Project Phase 3 (GEP3), the impact of which RANA expects to enhance by using gender-sensitive methodologies in four major components of the education system: teacher professional development, teaching and learning materials, involved communities and sustainable government ownership.
Using its Hausa-based early grade reading approach, which integrates numeracy and gender themes into its materials, RANA will build the capacity of 600 teachers to implement effective instruction and assessments. The project will engage local communities to build support for early grade reading and engage in policy dialogue and capacity building with the government to build local ownership and assist both state governments in identifying strategies for pilot scale-up. Through RANA’s integrated literacy and numeracy approach, and its commitment to collaboration with local stakeholders, the project will support a scalable, improved system for early grade reading and numeracy across Katsina and Zamfara.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria
Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated programYears
2015 - 2020
Partner(s)
Nigeria’s Ministry of Education, Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative and the Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN)
Ministry Affiliation
Nigeria Ministry of EducationFunder(s)
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
NationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
Not applicable or unknown
Program participants
Other populations reached
- Community leaders
- Teachers - female
- Teachers - male
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- General awareness-raising/community engagement
Curriculum/learning
- Gender-sensitive curricula
Policy/legal environment
- Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
School-related gender-based violence
- Training of school personnel (including teachers)
Teaching
- In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
Women's empowerment programs
- Advocacy/action
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
Cross-cutting goals
Not applicable or unknown