Zambia

There is growing excitement about Jolly Phonics in Zambia

Project Start Date

2018

Implementing Partner

Beyond Ourselves (UK) and Beyond Ourselves Zambia (Zambia)

Government Partners

Beyond Ourselves Zambia have a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of General Education (MoGE).

Near the end of 2017, the Permanent Secretary for Education commissioned pilots into Jolly Phonics within 6 schools in Lusaka and Ndola districts. The impact of these pilots on improving pupils' literacy levels was notably appreciated by teachers and education officials from the Ministry of Education. Jolly Phonics was observed as an effective way of helping learners to achieve independence of reading and writing at a very early stage and the pilots were expanded.

As the Zambian Curriculum places the learning of written literacy in English at Grade 3, Beyond Ourselves Zambia have developed the Jolly Phonics Teaching Aid, adapting Jolly Phonics materials to align them with the Zambian context. These adaptions have been approved by Jolly Phonics and have been ratified by the Curriculum Development Centre for use in Government Schools across Zambia.

3Provinces

3500Teachers

150000Pupils

Number of projects, teachers and pupils that have benefitted from Jolly Futures donations.

2 regions have piloted Jolly Phonics in Zambia. Provincial rollouts in Copperbelt 2021, 2022-23

Pilot phase

Rollout phase

Sustainability phase

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Project Reports and Documents

Copperbelt Rollout Training Report- 2023.pdf

Copperbelt Rollout 2023 - Executive Summary.pdf

Executive summary final copy.pdf

2021 JP_Pilot Report_ Zambia.pdf

Project Contacts

Dan Whitcombe

Education Development Co-ordinatior, Beyond Ourselves Zambia

Projects: All nationwide

Dan@beyondourselves.life+260961680149

Project Partners

Beyond Ourselves is a British charity governed by Restore Community Church in Loughton, Essex (UK). Beyond Ourselves Zambia have been working in Zambia since 2010, giving financial and professional support to release potential in the area of Education.