Keep a Fellow in the Classroom

In 2025, Teach For Uganda made measurable progress in expanding access to quality foundational education while strengthening leadership capacity within schools and communities most affected by educational inequity. 

Expanding Access to Quality Education 

Teach For Uganda recruited, trained, and placed 97 Fellows (54 female and 43 male) in 49 underserved government primary schools across Kayunga, Kibaale, Hoima B, and Buliisa districts. 

These placements reached 11,253 learners (5,835 boys and 5,418 girls), more than doubling the annual target of 5,600 learners and significantly expanding access to structured early-grade instruction. 

Measurable Gains in Foundational Learning 

Primary 1-3 learners demonstrated clear improvements in foundational skills over the course of the year. 

Literacy outcomes doubled, with the proportion of learners able to read and understand a short story increasing from 10 percent at baseline to 20 percent at endline. 

Numeracy outcomes increased from 3.5 percent to 18 percent, driven by structured lesson guides, play-based numeracy approaches, targeted learner grouping, and consistent instructional coaching aligned with the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) methodology. 

In one Primary 2 classroom in Hoima B district, a learner who could previously identify only a few letter sounds is now able to read a short story aloud and answer simple comprehension questions, reflecting similar shifts observed across supported schools. 

Strengthening Teacher Leadership and Instructional Quality 

By the end of 2025, 71% of first-year Fellows had reached Advanced Proficiency, surpassing the annual target of 70%. 

This progress was supported through 1,778 instructional coaching sessions, three pre-term trainings focused on literacy, numeracy, assessment, and classroom management, and regular Communities of Practice conducted with government teachers. 

In total, 510 teachers (256 male and 254 female) participated in Communities of Practice, strengthening peer learning and instructional consistency beyond individual classrooms. 

Mobilising Communities for Learning 

Fellows addressed non-academic barriers to learning through 222 community impact projects, more than four times the annual target, focused on learner attendance, hygiene, parental engagement, and pupil wellbeing. 

Fellows also conducted 12,255 home visits, strengthening family - school relationships and reinforcing community support for children’s education. 

Building a Pipeline of Education Leaders 

In 2025, 222 Fellows from Cohorts 6 and 7 graduated into Teach For Uganda’s alumni community, forming the largest graduating cohort in the organisation’s history. 

These alumni represent a growing network of education leaders contributing to long-term improvements in Uganda’s education system, extending the impact of the Audemars Piguet Foundations’ investment beyond the project period.