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1/6 International development projects that support the education of the world’s very poorest children and marginalised girls also improve wider learning outcomes for many other young people, new @Cambridge_Uni research from @REAL_Centre shows.
https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/facultyweb_content/news/spill-over-effects-poorest-children-marginalised-girls
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https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/facultyweb_content/news/spill-over-effects-poorest-children-marginalised-girls
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2/6 The study is one of the first to measure the complete value of such interventions, including their ‘spill-over’ effects on the wider education system, using evidence from a highly successful @Camfed programme in Tanzania for disadvantaged girls.
3/6 Strikingly, for every $100 spent per girl, per year, the @Camfed programme resulted in learning gains equivalent to an additional two years of education for all girls and boys at those schools.
4/6 This is compelling evidence such children should be prioritised in international aid efforts. @RSabates72 (co-author): “Programmes like CAMFED's have spill-over benefits and are keeping girls in school. We should factor that in when considering cost-effectiveness.”
5/6 @PaulineMRose (co-author): "While it may cost more to reach the most marginalised pupils, the impact of those efforts is far more impressive than we tend to imagine... Education systems that function for the most marginalised children function for everyone."
6/6 The full paper is published in the Journal of Development Effectiveness ( @tandfonline) and can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19439342.2020.1844782?journalCode=rjde20
