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Education systems across parts of Ethiopia are actively strengthening children’s learning, even amid environmental stress, conflict, displacement, and resource constraints. As access to schooling expands, attention is increasingly shifting toward learning quality.
In refugee-hosting regions such as the Somali region, where classrooms are often overcrowded and resources limited, strategies that empower teachers and actively engage learners are especially important for improving learning outcomes.
Against this backdrop, education actors face a critical question: which approaches can improve learning outcomes at a cost that is feasible for crisis-affected education systems?
A new cost-effectiveness analysis of PlayMatters, a Learning through Play initiative implemented by a consortium led by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in partnership with the LEGO Foundation, offers promising early evidence.
