Evidence item

The pooled setting is five randomized trials in India, Kenya, Nepal, Uganda, and the Philippines, involving primary-school education during COVID-19 school disruption; SMS-only and combined phone-call-plus-SMS arms are distinct interventions. DIRECT_TEXT

Authenticity UNVERIFIED · extraction UNVERIFIED · independence group none (unreviewed) · created seq 25961

Source: Mobile education builds resilience during shocks in five countries · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:c2f88b7f7e1fdf6b7dadb689390f3ad1ffba4d70efc0f0e0dc79e008035f7eac

Here we evaluate a set of education in emergencies programmes ... We conducted five randomized controlled trials ... Our trials were conducted across five countries: India, Kenya, Nepal, Uganda and the Philippines. In all settings, schooling was disrupted owing to the COVID-19 pandemic ... One treatment included a set of SMS messages ... A second treatment provided additional weekly 20 min phone call tutorials for 8 weeks.