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African education leaders are showcasing their successful NewGlobe-supported educational programs at the Education World Forum (EWF) in London, from May 8 to 10. The event brings together the largest gathering of education ministers globally, and the African leaders hope to offer a blueprint for using education data to drive learning transformation. According to World Bank Education Director, Jaime Saavedra, the world faces the most significant education crisis in the last 100 years, with data showing that learning poverty, defined as the percentage of 10-year-olds unable to read a simple sentence, is at 90% in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Despite the enormous challenges, NewGlobe-supported programs in Nigeria, Liberia, Rwanda, and Manipur in India are leading the way in using data-led solutions to tackle Learning Poverty. The success stories of the EKOEXCEL, EdoBEST, BayelsaPRIME, KwaraLEARN, Bridge Liberia, RwandaEQUIP, and STAR Education programs are on display at EWF. All these programs have seen significant improvements in learning outcomes by using a data-driven structured pedagogy.
A study led by Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Michael Kremer has confirmed that the success of these programs is among the largest ever measured in international education. The EKOEXCEL program in Lagos State, Nigeria, is a particularly exemplary case of using data-driven solutions to reverse Learning Poverty. The program's 'Situation Room' will be on display at the EWF, showcasing data visualization from all 1012 primary schools in Lagos State. Using NewGlobe's Spotlight software, education leaders can access key data in real-time, empowering the government to make informed interventions.
According to Lagos State Education Commissioner, Folashade Adefisayo, the Situation Room has been instrumental in tracking problems in schools, and people going there to solve the problem have access to a lot of data. Within eight weeks of EKOEXCEL's launch, literacy learning rates measured three times faster, and numeracy two times faster than schools not in the program.
The EWF promises to inspire governments to harness education data to reshape education and overcome Learning Poverty, with visionary African governments leading the way.
