Publication: Remote Learning: Evidence from Nepal during COVID-19
Date
2021-07
ISSN
Published
2021-07
Author(s)
Radhakrishnan, Karthika
Sabarwal, Shwetlena
Sharma, Uttam
Cullen, Claire
Crossley, Colin
Letsomo, Thato
Angrist, Noam
Abstract
This note discusses early results from a
distance education program on foundational numeracy for
primary school students in Nepal during Coronavirus
(COVID-19) evaluated in a randomized trial. The trial
included 3,700 households with children in public school
(grades 3-5). It provided support for foundational numeracy
through mobile phone-based tutoring. The trial tested
delivery through public school teachers and also through NGO
facilitators. It led to a 30 percent increase in
foundational numeracy, with teachers being slightly more
effective at producing learning gains than NGO facilitators.
These results suggest that instructional support through
mobile phones can be a high-access and low-cost approach to
providing instruction at scale
Citation
“Radhakrishnan, Karthika; Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Sharma, Uttam; Cullen, Claire; Crossley, Colin; Letsomo, Thato; Angrist, Noam. 2021. Remote Learning : Evidence from Nepal during COVID-19. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/36031 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”