Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge (SLEIC)
Aligned SDGs
- Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge (SLEIC)
- General overview
- Intervention
- Target population
- Location
- Outcome metrics
- Last data update
- Spreadsheet of data
- Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge (SLEIC)
- General overview
- Intervention
- Target population
- Location
- Outcome metrics
- Last data update
- Spreadsheet of data
General overview
Stage of development: Final negotiations
Policy sectors: Education
Type of instrument: Outcomes Fund
Delivery locations: Sierra Leone
Country classification: Low-income
Expected launch date: Q3 - 2022
Project design process began: Q1-2020
Max potential outcome payment: USD 18.40m
Intervention
Social or environmental challenge
A child born in Sierra Leone can expect to complete just 8.9 years of school (or 4.5 years when adjusted for learning) by the time they turn 18, out of a total of 12 years of formal education expected by this age. The 2014 Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) found that 87% of Grade 2 students were unable to read a single word, and that 97% received zero marks on the reading and comprehension assessment. By Primary 4, 60% of children still scored zero on the same reading comprehension test.
Girls face more challenges than boys with regards to education due to teenage pregnancy (the ban for pregnant girls participating in education was lifted only in April 2020), early forced marriages, school related Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and poor in-school sanitation facilities. As such, the Government has prioritized girls education as part of their policy agenda.
Description of the intervention
5 service providers will be chosen to implement 5 distinct interventions across 5 geographical lots. Specific interventions TBD.
Target population
Children enrolled in P1 to P6 across public schools in Sierra Leone, with special focus on girls (outcomes priced 20% higher than those of boys)
Location
Country:
- Sierra Leone
Locality:
- Sierra Leone
Outcome metrics
- (1) Learning gains in literacy and numeracy (95% of payments)
- (2) Percentage of children meeting grade appropriate minimum competencies in literacy and numeracy (5% of payments)
Last data update
Data for this pipeline project was last updated in March 2024
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Spreadsheet of data
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