Uganda Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The USAID-funded Uganda Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity (LARA) improves learning outcomes and school retention and reduces school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) by improving instruction, building a positive school climate, and strengthening students’ social and emotional learning. LARA is being implemented in 38 targeted districts, reaching more than 3,500 schools, 40,000 teachers, and 1.3 million students.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Uganda

Activity URL

https://www.rti.org/impact/providing-quality-inclusive-safe-education-uganda

Government Affiliation
Unknown
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
N/A
Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion
Other skills
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
Quality
  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School-related gender-based violence
  • Teacher training
Skills
  • Literacy
Cross-cutting areas
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Sexual harassment & coercion
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Curriculum/learning
  • Gender-sensitive curricula
Life skills education
  • Gender, rights and power
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building
Teaching
  • Pre-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Literacy - in the classroom
Women's empowerment programs
  • Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased literacy
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
RTI: Global Gender Center