Tele-mentoring and tele-counselling for mothers and children to address Covid learning loss

Last registered on December 13, 2023

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Trial Information

General Information

Title

Tele-mentoring and tele-counselling for mothers and children to address Covid learning loss

RCT ID

AEARCTR-0010451

Initial registration date

November 26, 2022

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published

November 30, 2022, 4:17 PM EST

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Last updated

December 13, 2023, 8:17 PM EST

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Country

Bangladesh

Region

Primary Investigator

Name

Asad Islam

Affiliation

Monash University

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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name

Liang Choon Wang

PI Affiliation

Monash University

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PI Name

Hai-Anh H. Dang

PI Affiliation

World Bank

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Additional Trial Information

Status

Completed

Start date

2023-01-01

End date

2023-08-19

Keywords

Education, Health, Welfare

Additional Keywords

JEL code(s)

Secondary IDs

Prior work

This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.

Abstract

This study aims to provide regular tele-mentoring and/or tele-counselling sessions targeting mothers in rural Bangladesh in order to increase the time and quality of parental involvement in their children’s learning activities to ameliorate the potential adverse impacts of school closure and Covid-19 on children’s outcomes.

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Registration Citation

Citation

Islam, Asad, Hai-Anh H. Dang and Liang Choon Wang. 2023. "Tele-mentoring and tele-counselling for mothers and children to address Covid learning loss." AEA RCT Registry. December 13. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.10451-2.0

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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)

The project will offer tele-mentoring and/or tele-counselling sessions targeting mothers in order to increase the time and quality of parental involvement in their children’s learning activities to ameliorate the potential adverse impacts of school closure and Covid-19 on educational inequality. The early childhood education and development (ECED) tele-mentoring intervention aims to improve mothers’ efforts and abilities in providing early childhood education and development to their children. Similarly, the tele-counselling intervention is expected to improve mothers’ mental health and reduce their financial stress, which then translate into improvement in children’s outcomes.

Intervention Start Date

2023-01-16

Intervention End Date

2023-07-22

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)

Composite child's development and early learning score (e.g., child’s cognitive outcomes such as language and numeracy, and non-cognitive outcomes), composite child development index, mother's perceived stress scale, mother's depression severity scale, mother's financial self-efficacy scores, household saving index, and homeschooling spent with child

Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)

Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

We aim to conduct a randomized control trial using village level cluster randomization with household/individual level data. There are three treatment groups and one control group.

Treatment group 1 will receive early childhood education and development (ECED) tele-monitoring support for the mother. This group will receive 30 minutes of tele-monitoring support from a trained volunteer once every week.

Treatment group 2 will receive tele-counselling support for the mother on mental health, livelihood improvement, and financial issues. This group will receive 30 minutes of tele-counselling support from a para counsellor once every month.

Treatment group 3 will receive a combination of ECED tele-mentoring and tele-counselling support for the mother. This group will receive 30 minutes of ECED tele-mentoring support once every week as well as 30 minutes tele-counselling support once every month.

Control group will receive no support.

Experimental Design Details

Randomization Method

Randomization will be done by the researchers in office by a computer.

Randomization Unit

Village level cluster randomization with household/individual level data

Was the treatment clustered?

Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters

300 villages

Sample size: planned number of observations

4800 households (mothers and children)

Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms

75 villages (clusters) and 1200 households (mothers and children) control; 75 villages (clusters) and 1200 households (mothers and children) early childhood education and development (ECED) tele-mentoring support for the mother; 75 villages (clusters) and 1200 households (mothers and children) tele-counselling support for the mother; 75 villages (clusters) and 1200 households both treatments

Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)

Supporting Documents and Materials

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