IPA: COVID-19 Response Research
- R Research Project/Report/Study
? Activity Status: Unknown
Key Information
This project is a collaboration between Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), the Kenyan Institute for Curriculum Development (KICD), and Precision Development (PD). Together the partners are working to design, implement, and evaluate an interactive two-way SMS platform that enables children to complete math problems using even very basic phones. We are exploring how to disseminate the service through teachers as well as investigating how users engage with the service across a time period that includes school closures, vacation, and the return to school.
Separately, IPA has research and policy partnerships looking into distance learning across a number of different contexts and including multiple approaches: basic descriptive statistics, qualitative work, policy discussions, and full RCTs.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya
Activity URL
Not applicable or unknown
Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated programYears
2020 -
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
Kenyan Institute for Curriculum Development (KICD)Funder(s)
COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19Geographic Scope
NationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Skills
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
- COVID-19 Response
- Emergencies and protracted crises
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth
Age
Not applicable or unknown
School Enrolment Status
Not applicable or unknown
School Level
Not applicable or unknown
Other populations reached
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Participants include
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Program Approaches Back to Top
Educational Technology
- Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
- Digital learning materials/programs
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Increased numeracy
Cross-cutting goals
Not applicable or unknown
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
- Sarah Kabay
- Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
- Education Director
- skabay@poverty-action.org