Improving children’s reading and math at large scale in Côte d’Ivoire: The story of scaling PEC

Abstract

This report focuses on the government-led process of implementing, adapting, and scaling the Programme d’Enseignement Ciblé (PEC) in Côte d’Ivoire, a remedial education approach to improving early grade reading and math adapted from Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL). It serves as a case study into larger questions of how an evidence-based initiative can achieve progress toward national sustainable scale, with lessons that are transferable beyond PEC and Côte d’Ivoire.

Keywords: Primary education; scaling; remedial education