We work with over 1000 schools in 5 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Bringing wide-scale change to entire an education system is not a quick process. Link began activity in 1989 and the impact of our work is now recognised by local and national Governments and other NGOs working in the African education sector.Achieving quality
Link Community Development and Masindi District in Uganda began working together in 2000 to improve the quality of education delivered in schools in Masindi.
Subsequently Masindi moved from 62nd to 3rd in national education league tables. In 2008 the IOB (the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) published a comprehensive impact evaluation of Primary Education in Uganda. During the course of their research the IOB recognised the significantly improved performance in Masindi District and investigated further.
According to the IOB report:
• Link’s intervention proved to be highly successful
• Link’s work contributed to a large improvement in the quality of education in the area
• Results in Link's project schools were 50% higher than in comparable schools.
The report noted “The training of district officers, management and teachers, as well as regular monitoring and inspections by the district office… have resulted in significant improvements in the schools…”
Read the full report here.
Achieving systemic change
After several years of working with districts in Ghana, South Africa and Uganda, Link now provides technical assistance to the Ministry of Education so that the school improvement models we developed district level can be applied on a wider basis. Some examples of bringing about systemic change in this way include:
• In partnership with the Ugandan Ministry of Education, Link Uganda co-produced training manuals for teachers and school managers
• Link’s School Performance Review is being rolled out to all schools in Limpopo Province in South Africa
• Link’s HIV/AIDS School Planning Guide has been distributed to 25,000 South African Schools.
Read more case studies from Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi and South Africa.
