Support classes offered in rural education – the SCORE trial

Completed

• Conditions: ow learning levels / literacy / numeracy; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12500245
• Lead Sponsor: Effective Intervention

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6000

Inclusion Criteria

A village will potentially be eligible if the following conditions are met:
1. The number of households in the village is between 15 and 300 according to the 2013 Gambian census
2. There are at least 15 children eligible for inclusion in the trial at the time of our enumeration
3. It falls inside an eligible cluster, determined by an enumeration and mapping exercise described below, designed to minimize the risk of bias from contamination
4. The Alkalo (village chief) consents to allow the village to participate in the trial

A child will be eligible if he or she is resident in a village within an eligible cluster, and fits the following criteria:
1. S/he did not attend first grade or higher in a lower basic school or madrasa in the 2014-2015 academic year
2. The child’s caretaker intends to enrol him/her in the first grade in the 2015-2016 academic year
3. S/he is born between September 1st 2007 and August 31st 2009
4. The caretaker consents to allow the child to participate in the trial

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded only if they fail to give consent or meet the inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Composite of scores earned on English language and mathematics assessments from a test which will be conducted after three years of implementing the programme, i.e. in spring 2018.