Delivering tailored instruction through technology, at scale: Embedding a tested intervention in public system

The Government of Karnataka’s “Ganitha Ganaka” program was launched based on evidence supporting tailored instruction approaches that use phones to connect high-quality instruction and tutoring with students and parents. Within the 2024-25 academic year, the government aims to reach approximately 456,000 students across 93 educationally low-performing administrative blocks. A pilot has been completed in two of these blocks, with the government planning to cascade the model through all 38,000 teachers by November 2024. As the government  intends to implement this programme at a large scale, this project seeks to (a) embed research activities that will provide the government with actionable insights on optimizing program implementation, and (b) set up large-scale monitoring systems that will enable different levels of the education system to use of data for feedback and course correction.