Youth Impact hosted Botswana's Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education among others at a a high-level education panel calling for evidence-based reform to strengthen foundational learning in Botswana, with co-hosts the British High Commission, World Bank and UNICEF.

An order was recently issued stating that around 13.51 lakh students studying in classes 3, 4, and 5 in 38,548 primary and higher primary government schools across State would be beneficiaries.

Ganitha Ganaka, an initiative by the state government to enhance foundational numeracy for students in grades three to five through personalised one-to-one phone tutoring, has been proposed for implementation across govt schools in the state during the current academic year (2025-26).

On 29th May 2025, Youth Impact signed a formal partnership with the Government of Karnataka. This partnership includes a mandate to provide technical assistance in order to improve systems for learning outcomes.

Welcome to the June 2025 edition of the Behavioral Insights for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) Newsletter. In this newsletter series, we share behavioral science insights on a range of FLN topics. Read on to learn more!

We are excited to once again be participating in the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago, USA from 22nd - 26th March 2025.

A new study has found that primary-level students in Botswana are performing far below the expected grade standards, and their caregivers are largely unaware of their performance.

We’re excited to announce that our flagship evidence-based health education program formerly known as Zones, is now called Choices!

Evidence-based education is a specific approach which is increasingly becoming more prominent in the broader education sector.

Even evidence-based design of policies and programs often follows a “best guess” approach to some extent. But there is a better way.