What we do
We are building an operating model to strengthen links between national needs, evidence, insight and delivery. We focus on government teams, where strong leadership multiplies change.
How we work:
Prioritise – Identify the needs that matter most
We start by listening to national and local leaders-focusing on the questions that truly matter for children.
Translate- Turn local insight into practical decisions
We pair our evidence skills with local insight and frontline wisdom, turning real-world experience into clear, simple decision tools and reforms.
Deliver - Build the operating model that make reforms stick.
We strengthen the routines, coordination, and local talent that connect evidence to delivery so improvements last.
Drawing on lessons from our origins in the education, business and health worlds, we know that real change doesn’t come from one-off projects or external add-ons — it comes from working within existing teams and embedding improvement in their daily work.
By working inside ministries, we help leaders strengthen the habits, coordination, and delivery routines that endure long after any project ends.
When leadership strengthens, everything shifts: policies align, national guidelines are issued, funders and implementers adjust their investments, programmes improve in design and delivery, and classrooms become places where every child can learn.
This catalytic chain — from leadership to learning — is how lasting change takes root and scales.
We have been working with the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education since 2022 to support policy and planning that addresses the needs of more than 600,000 out of school children as well as strengthening capacity to use evidence for policy making.
- From fragmented pilots to a national framework—and new budget—reaching 600,000+ learners.
- 20+ civil society organisations and financing now aligned under one government-led plan.
- New national standards, stronger oversight, and outcomes-driven budget driving lasting reform.
- Strengthened leadership inside the Ministry is driving evidence-based, budget-backed reform, while two LIFT fellows, embedded in the Ministry, are being trained to lead on evidence use for improved decision-making.
For more on our impact, visit our Impact page.
Since 2020, our partnership with the Ministry of Education has supported evidence-led commitments to get an estimated 1.8 million out of school children back into learning, applying our insights on accelerated education to policies and programmes.
- Kenya’s first national framework now makes out-of-school learners a government priority.
- New budget lines now fund accelerated education and equity targets.
- A new evidence culture is taking hold, guiding Kenya’s education reforms—bridging non-formal and formal learning.
- Kenya’s development partners - such as the Gates Foundation and UNICEF are adjusting strategies and funding to reinforce Kenya’s government-led plan.
Visit the 'Our work in Country' page for more details.
In their words
By together identifying solutions and building the capacity to tackle the identified challenges more effectively with evidence, Education.org is helping us to stand on our feet… This is different from all other partners, who tell you: ‘This is the water; drink it’.
Elizabeth Otieno, Deputy Director of Policy, Ministry of Education, Kenya
Our Ministry is committed to making decisions based on the best evidence. Accelerated Education can help out-of-school children learn and progress, and now we have guidelines to ensure the quality of these programmes, based on independent analysis and guidance from Education.org. There is no other actor in our sector providing this type of support.
Hon. Conrad Sackey Minister for Basic Education, Government of Sierra Leone
