1200×600 · teacher · KiuFunza
“For the first time in my career, my students' progress is measured fairly, and I am paid when they actually learn. It changed how I plan every week.”
Anastacia M.Grade 3 teacher · KiuFunza school, Morogoro
The numbers funders ask for — backed by published RCTs.
Every figure on this page is drawn from peer-reviewed research or rigorously documented programme data. No marketing maths.
Children reached
330k+
Across Tanzania since programme inception
Reading gain
+21%
RCT-measured improvement, KiuFunza schools
Mathematics gain
+18%
Equivalent gain in early-grade numeracy
Cost per child / year
$7
One of the most cost-effective interventions globally
Methodology
How we know what we know.
Every programme is evaluated with the same standard: causal evidence, independently collected, pre-registered, openly published.
RCT
Randomised controlled trials
Schools are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups; allocations are blinded to assessors.
PR
Pre-registration
Hypotheses, sample sizes, and analysis plans lodged with the AEA RCT Registry before data collection.
IA
Independent assessors
Learning outcomes measured by trained enumerators with no programme affiliation.
OD
Open data
Replication packages published with each peer-reviewed paper. Anonymised microdata available on request.
Publications
Peer-reviewed research & replication packages.
2024
Teacher Incentives at Scale: Ten-Year Results from the KiuFunza Programme in Tanzania
Peer-reviewed
Beneficiary stories
In the words of teachers and parents.
Quantitative results are only half the story. These accounts are drawn from independent interviews conducted by an external evaluation team.
1200×600 · parent · Mtwara
“My daughter could not read in Standard 2. Now in Standard 4 she reads the newspaper to me. The teacher told me she practises with the school's SOMA coach every week.”
Juma K.Parent · SOMA pilot village, Mtwara
1200×600 · head teacher · Kinara
“The recognition was meaningful — but the alumni network is what changed my school. I have peers I can call when I am stuck.”
R. MwitaHead teacher · Mwalimu Kinara awardee 2024
From the field
Photo gallery
A selection of editorial photography from KiuFunza, SOMA, and Mwalimu Kinara field sites. Real classrooms, real teachers, real students.
1600×800 · classroom wide · Morogoro
800×1200 · portrait · teacher
800×600 · students · reading group
800×600 · awards ceremony
1600×800 · field visit · Mtwara
800×600 · head teacher
Cost-effectiveness
Among the most cost-effective learning interventions globally.
Approximate annual cost per child to produce equivalent learning gains, drawn from peer-reviewed comparisons in low- and middle-income settings.
LearnImpact programmeRegional benchmarks (J-PAL Africa & World Bank Education GP)
Want the underlying data?
Replication packages are available on request. Write to our research team with your institutional affiliation.
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