TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme for Leaders 2025

The TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme aims to enhance TaRL’s technical capacity on the African continent by supporting the development of Sub-Saharan Africa Leaders of TaRL Practice. These are individuals who can grow and improve TaRL across the continent with the ultimate goal of ensuring all children acquire foundational skills. Through the TaRL Africa Fellowship, leaders of practice from countries across Africa with deep experience in the classroom, will get to diversify their skill set and be exposed to different contexts, strengthen their design, training and methodological skills and support the growth and refinement of TaRL across Africa.  

• Table of Content
• About Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) Africa
• TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme
• Aim and Benefits of TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme
• Requirements for TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) Africa

TaRL Africa initiative is hosted by Empower Learning Africa, a not-for-profit organisation registered and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with teams in Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Zambia and locally registered offices in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire. TaRL Africa began as a joint venture by Pratham and J-PAL in 2019, with the goal of supporting governments and organisations across Africa to accelerate children’s foundational skill learning using the evidence-based “Teaching at the Right Level” (TaRL) approach. ... continue reading

TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme

Aim and Benefits of TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme

These will include: 

• Attending training workshops to refine their TaRL skills 

• Co-training and co-designing TaRL programmes with the TaRL Africa and Pratham teams in new locations within Africa to build exposure to new contexts and to strengthen contextualisation and adaptation skills 
• Co-designing teaching-learning materials for new contexts
• Learning about the innovations in the TaRL methodology 
• Strengthening  mentoring capacity
• Engaging with other Fellows and TaRL Africa team members to discuss, analyse and solve various classroom and training challenges experienced throughout Africa 

TaRL Africa Fellows will be featured on the TaRL Africa website and, upon completion of the 18 months programme, will be certified by TaRL Africa as TaRL Trainers. With the idea that “once a TaRL Fellow, always a TaRL fellow”, following completion of the programme, Fellows will become active members of the TaRL Fellow Alumni Programme.  

Requirements for TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme Qualification

1. Applicants must come from TaRL-implementing organisations
2. Applicants must have at least 1-year individual experience in implementing TaRL programs. 
3. Applicants must have completed their own TaRL practice classes and gotten the opportunity to train other TaRL actors at least once. 
4. Applicants must have demonstrated interest in implementing TaRL programmes across the continent and in contributing to the TaRL movement 
5. Applicants must be able to attend all planned activities for the fellowship programme, failure to which could lead to disqualification. 
6. Applicants must secure a recommendation from their organisation, demonstrating that they have been identified as high-potential individuals suited for success in the programme. 

Interview date, Process and Venue for TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme

The fellowship will begin in December 2024. Applications will open on November 1st, 2024 and will close on November 24, 2024.  

Applicants will be required to get consent from their organisation to participate in the TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme.  

Applications will be reviewed by a selection panel, based on their TaRL experience, leadership potential and commitment to the mission of ensuring all children in Africa acquire foundational skills. 

Successful applicants  will be announced early December 2024. 

Application Deadline

How to Apply

To apply,  send the following to [email protected] with the subject: “TaRL Africa Fellowship programme 2.0” by Nov 24, 2024

1. Application letter indicating:
   – What your TaRL journey has been
   – Why do you want to contribute to the TaRL movement across Africa
2. The confirmation that your current organisation/employer would allow you to dedicate 15% (at least 50 working days) of your time over 18 months to the fellowship program.
3. Your CV.
4. Two letters of recommendation from individuals who can attest to your TaRL work. 

For more details, visit TaRL Africa fellowship website.