Improving Post-Primary Education Delivery through Technology and Pedagogy

Even though educational access has increased in Pakistan since 2000, learning levels remain disturbingly low. The methods available to explain complex subject matter, the instructional techniques that teachers use, and the teachers’ own content knowledge are often lacking, especially as students enter middle and secondary school. This pilot study will use an RCT to test a novel middle school intervention that trains teachers on pedagogical techniques, provides classrooms with video content, and engages students at home through SMS in order to enhance middle school students’ achievement in both mathematics and science. This 60 school pilot study in Punjab Province, Pakistan will inform the design and implementation of an 81,000 student, 450 school nation-wide RCT.

*To learn more about key findings from this evaluation read Beyond the Basics: Improving Post-Primary Content Delivery through Classroom Technology