01Structured Phonics & Decodable Texts
Equipping teachers with systematic sound-spelling routines and graded Kinyarwanda decodable readers.
Every child reading with understanding by the end of lower primary — through better teaching, better materials, and structured support in the classroom.
Find out more about how LIFT collaborates with the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB), district education officers, and school leadership to transform early literacy and numeracy nationwide.
Partner with usEquipping every Rwandan child with foundational literacy and math before grade four.
The Foundational Learning Programme is LIFT's flagship classroom intervention, designed to ensure that pupils in grades P1 to P3 gain fluent decoding, reading comprehension, and concrete mathematical reasoning.
By co-developing scripted pedagogical routines and graded decodable readers with the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC), we provide teachers with the exact instructional tools and daily lesson cadence needed to manage large classrooms effectively.
Working directly with the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB), LIFT translates cognitive science and literacy pedagogy into easy-to-follow, scripted 15-minute daily routines that primary teachers can execute with confidence, regardless of class size.
Explore Our Focus AreasOur system combines daily 15-minute phonics routines, hands-on math manipulatives, and bi-weekly in-class teacher coaching to accelerate learning gains and eliminate early-grade dropouts.
Primary schools supported across 7 districts
Teachers trained in evidence-based phonics and numeracy routines
Learners in supported early-grade primary classrooms
Graded decodable readers distributed in Kinyarwanda & English
Phoneme and reading fluency mastery benchmark achieved
Partner districts across Rwanda with active coaching hubs
Why reading by the end of the early grades matters, and what it takes to get children there.
Follow classroom teachers and school mentors as they implement structured daily routines and observe how targeted interventions drive tangible learner confidence.
Read the stories“Before LIFT, our early grade teachers struggled with large classroom management and phonics sequencing. The structured daily 15-minute routines and in-class coaching have transformed our learners' reading confidence in just eight weeks.”
“Before LIFT, our early grade teachers struggled with large classroom management and phonics sequencing. The structured daily 15-minute routines and in-class coaching have transformed our learners' reading confidence in just eight weeks.” — Jean-Baptiste Habimana
01Equipping teachers with systematic sound-spelling routines and graded Kinyarwanda decodable readers.
02Moving from physical manipulatives to place-value reasoning and mental math problem-solving.
03Sector inspectors and lead teachers conduct structured observation cycles and collaborative lesson co-planning.
04Light-touch formative tracking that enables teachers to regroup struggling pupils and prevent cumulative learning loss.
Active
Timeline
2024–2030
640
Primary schools supported
4,200+
Teachers reached with training
310,000
Learners in supported classrooms
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Partner schools are selected in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) and the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB), prioritizing public and government-aided primary schools in rural sectors with the greatest need for foundational literacy and numeracy support.
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