In the bustling corridors of Ghana’s schools, a quiet innovation is taking root—one driven by data, collaboration, and a shared commitment to transform education for every child. At the heart of this transformation lies the ‘Differentiated Learning Plus (DL+) Dashboard,’ a pioneering initiative that is reshaping the way student, teacher, and community data are collected, analyzed, and utilized.
Globally, the learning crisis is stark with 70 per cent of children in low- and middle-income countries cannot read and understand a simple text by age 10. In Ghana, 80 per cent of children still do not acquire basic skills in literacy and numeracy by the end of primary school.
Ghana’s DL+ programme, supported by UNICEF and the Gates Foundation, aims to address this learning crisis through the evidence-based Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) approach, which tailors instruction to each student’s ability level rather than age. The DL+ programme is being implemented in Grades 2 to 6 across 501 schools, with plans to expand to all 10,000 primary schools in Ghana in coming years.