We want to see children (girls and boys) read with comprehension in primary school.

According to the RESEN 2014, in 2000, it was estimated that only 51% of adults aged 22-44 could read easily after reaching grade 6 in the Chadian education system. In 2004, the situation worsen: only 47% of adults aged 22-44 were able to read easily after six years of study.

The 2010 MICS survey indicates that only 39% of women aged 15-49 who had access to school were able to read easily after completing primary schooling.

A very high proportion of students do not master the most basic notions that are essential for triggering learning. This is for example the grade 2 students who do not master the alphabet, the building of simple sentences or the understanding of a very short text.

The FLAT survey World Vision Chad conducted in 2017 in its intervention zones revealed that none of the APs got 30% of grade 5 and 6 primary school students who were able to read. In addition, the STAR Baseline conducted in 2017 and 2018 revealed that none of the APs got 3% of grade 3 primary school students who were able to read with comprehension.

WVT has focused on one aspect of quality education, ie reading, using a project model called Unlock Literacy. This model is a development from the Save the Children model called Literacy Boost. The implementation of this project model requires active participation of all stakeholders such as school authorities, teachers, parents, communities, CBO/FBO and other NGO. The communities commit their time and resource in order to facilitate what are called ‘reading camps/clubs’, a time set aside for children to practice their reading under supervision from community representatives. Parents are urged to support the reading habits of their children. Teachers are taught to teach in a different way and government education authorities are urged to commit funding resources from their budgets and supervision resources to ensure trained teachers are supported in their new skills

So far,

• 185 reading camps/clubs have been set up in communities

• 388 community volunteers have been trained as reading camps facilitators

• 11796 children participate in reading camps/clubs activities in the communities

• 685 teachers have been trained on UL project model methodologies. And those teachers are working with 30867 grade 1, 2 and 3 primary school students in schools.