Publication: Evaluation of EQIE 2.0 in Ethiopia: Baseline report

Oxford MeasurEd is evaluating EQIE 2.0, an in-service professional development programme aiming to strengthen teachers’ abilities to use play-based learning (PBL) pedagogy to support and enhance children’s foundational literacy skills and socio-emotional learning (SEL). EQIE 2.0 is being implemented by Right to Play (RTP) in Ethiopia, Lebanon, Palestine and Tanzania between 2025 and 2029, and the evaluation is focused on Ethiopia.

The baseline report provides a transparent baseline for later impact evaluation, and formativeevidence to inform ongoing delivery of EQIE 2.0. It sets out the context that the project will be implemented in, presents evidence of baseline school-, teacher- and learner-level outcomes, provides early conclusions on the project’s Relevance and Coherence and likely barriers and facilitators to impact, and makes recommendations for the implementation of the project. It also presents implications of the baseline findings for the evaluation methodology.