USAID, in partnership with the Western Cape Education Department in South Africa, commissioned Khulisa to conduct an impact evaluation of the provincial Emergent Literacy(ELIT) project in Grade R under USAID’s School capacity & innovation program (SCIP).



The project provided training and resources in emergent literacy, including an orientation to an early literacy programme called Stellar (Strengthening Teaching of Early Language and Literacy in Grade R) to all Grade R teachers in the Western Cape. Khulisa deployed a quasi-experimental research design in this provincial-wide study. The evaluation demonstrates our ability to design, execute and analyse robust impact evaluations.



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