Foundational Learning and Mental Health: Empirical Evidence from Botswana

This paper studies the effect of targeted instruction interventions on the mental health and educational outcomes of primary school learners

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 14 March 2023

• Country: Botswana
• Document Type: Working Paper
• Theme: Education
• Authors: Opare-Kumi, J.

Abstract

With the current gap in policy relevant mental health and education data in low resource settings, this paper studies the effect of targeted instruction interventions such as TaRL on the mental health and educational outcomes of primary school learners in Botswana and shows that exposure to the learning pedagogy reduces the behavioural and emotional difficulties of children.

This research is part of the Research on Improving Systems of Education programme.

Citation

Opare-Kumi, J. 2023. Foundational Learning and Mental Health: Empirical Evidence from Botswana. RISE Working Paper Series. 23/133. https://doi.org/10.35489/BSG-RISE-WP_2023/133

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Foundational Learning and Mental Health: Empirical Evidence from Botswana

Published 14 March 2023