LearnImpact is an evidence-based learning systems organisation working alongside government to motivate teachers, equip classrooms, and celebrate excellence. A decade of rigorous research. 330,000+ children reached.
Three interlocking programmes designed to transform learning systems from the inside — and to generate the evidence that lets government scale what works.
Performance-based teacher incentives, tested over a decade across hundreds of schools. Internationally published RCT evidence shows durable gains in reading and maths.
Teacher coaching delivered via AI-assisted chatbot. A 70-school RCT in Mtwara is generating the evidence required for government handover — at a marginal cost of $3.12 per student.
A national initiative honouring excellence in the teaching profession. Public recognition reinforces a culture of accountability and improvement — and reminds the system who its heroes are.
Every figure below is drawn from peer-reviewed research or rigorously documented programme data. No marketing maths.
Mean improvement in early-grade reading among KiuFunza schools vs. control, measured by independent assessors.
Equivalent gain in early-grade numeracy, sustained across multiple cohorts and replications.
Total cost-effectiveness at scale — among the lowest of any evidence-backed learning intervention globally.
Direct beneficiaries of LearnImpact programmes since inception, across rural and urban Tanzania.
LearnImpact does not run parallel systems. Every programme is designed from day one for adoption by Tanzania's public education system — with the evidence, costing, and operational playbooks government needs to take it to scale.
Read our theory of changeIdentify a binding constraint in the learning system, in partnership with Ministry stakeholders.
Design and run a randomised controlled trial that generates causal evidence — not just outputs.
Produce the per-child cost data and operational playbook government needs to budget and replicate.
Transfer what works to the public system; remain available as an evidence partner, not a service provider.
Peer-reviewed research, policy briefs, and field commentary from the LearnImpact team and partners.
The full longitudinal evidence base — methodology, headline results, and what government partners should know.
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