Evaluating the impacts of the FastTrack program in Nigerian IDP camps

244 million children are currently out of school worldwide and are at high risk of never obtaining functional literacy and numeracy, significantly jeopardizing their futures. AREAi has developed a model to teach functional literacy and numeracy skills to out-of-school children in IDP camps in Nigeria using mother tongue-based targeted instruction, which is currently scaled to 10,000 children. This study examines the program's impacts on children’s literacy and numeracy skills using a randomized controlled trial and tests the added impact of a technology-enabled component that leverages the children’s community language (Hausa) for reading instruction. It further examines impacts on secondary outcomes, including psychological well-being, educational aspirations, and later school enrollment. Results will provide information about the magnitude of effects, cost-effectiveness, and medium-term impacts on children’s academic skills and well-being.