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Fergal Turner

Fergal Turner

Fergal is a Senior Education Evidence and Learning Advisor within Save the Children UK's Global Outcomes Department

Headteacher Gassimu Kemoh teaches a class at a school in Pujehun district, Sierra Leone.

What have we Learned? Lessons on implementation from the Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge (SLEIC)

We previously published the results of the Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge, showing that our performance, while not neglible, fell short of what was expected. In this blog we dig into what went right, and what went wrong. 

Tenneh, aged 13, at her school in Pujehun district, Sierra Leone.

The results are out! A summary of Save the Children's evaluation results for the Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge (SLEIC)

This blog provides a brief summary of the learning gains we achieved through the SLEIC programme, and what they might mean. 

Headteacher Gassimu Kemoh teaches a class at a school in Pujehun district, Sierra Leone.

What the Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge is teaching us, and what it can teach us in the future.

The Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge uses an outcomes contract to reward achievement of results, rather than delivery of outcomes. This blog reflects on what we have learned from the first two years of programme evaluation, and what we aim to learn before the programme finishes in June 2025.