What works in Benin City
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Evidence snapshot for Benin City
The practices describe a World Bank randomized controlled trial conducted in and around Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, involving approximately 800 first-year senior secondary students across nine public schools in June–July 2024. Students in the treatment group received six weeks of twice-weekly after-school English tutoring using Microsoft Copilot (GPT-4), guided by teachers, and achieved English learning gains of 0.31 standard deviations—equivalent to roughly 1.5 to 2 years of typical schooling progress—with the largest improvements among female students and those starting furthest behind. The evidence is limited to this six-week after-school intervention and does not address durability, full classroom integration, or longer-term outcomes in the Benin City setting.
Sources:
- World Bank GPT-4 English Tutoring RCT
- Edo State AI Tutoring After-School Programme
- From Chalkboards to Chatbots
Drawn from: World Bank GPT-4 English Tutoring RCT — Two Academic Years of Learning in Six Weeks, Edo State, Nigeria · Edo State AI Tutoring After-School Programme — World Bank RCT Finds Two Years' Learning in Six Weeks · From Chalkboards to Chatbots — World Bank RCT Finds Microsoft Copilot Tutoring Lifts English Scores by Two Years in Edo State, Nigeria · CitiBot — ChatVE's WhatsApp and Telegram Chatbot for Civic Education in Nigeria's 2024 Edo State Election
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evidence of learning impact +74 pts 100 here · 26 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +29 pts 67 here · 38 average
Equity & inclusion +28 pts 78 here · 50 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +20 pts 67 here · 47 average
Weaknesses
Scalability & sustainability -12 pts 50 here · 62 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -57 pts 0 here · 57 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication -60 pts 0 here · 60 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -64 pts 0 here · 64 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Benin City. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Edo State AI Tutoring After-School Programme — World Bank RCT Finds Two Years' Learning in Six Weeks · 73
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
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Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more