Luminos Fund
More than 20% of kids in Sub-Saharan Africa are out of school, and a further 70% are in school but way, way behind.
The Idea
Catch-up School
Total Investment
2250000
Grants
0
Equity/SAFE
0
Debt/Convertible Debt
Funded Since
2017
Geography
Sector
Structure
The Mission
Get out-of-school kids back on track.
How It Works
The Luminos approach is a ten-month program of intensive schooling with active teaching and learning that gets kids aged 8-14 caught up and back into mainstream schools. Out-of-school kids are equipped with foundational literacy and numeracy skills with the support of community and public-school teachers. They get back to school, back on track, and even outperform their peers.
The Dream
Governments deliver catch-up school programs across Africa.
Why We're In
This works and can scale. Luminos has rigorous evidence from multiple studies showing that Luminos kids catch up to in-school peers. It's early in the government scale journey, but Ethiopia has adopted Second Chance in three states that reach 80,000 kids per year, and Luminos is testing “lighter touch” support to governments over time. We’ll learn if it’s simple and cheap enough ($28 per kid in Ethiopia) for governments to deliver without them, but they’re on track to the dream.
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