Achieving quality 

LCD and Masindi District in Uganda began working together in 2000 to try 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: 

• LCD’s intervention proved to be highly successful
• LCD’s work contributed to a large improvement in the quality of education in the area
• Results in LCD 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…” 


Achieving systemic change

After several years of whole district delivery in Ghana, South Africa and Uganda, LCD is now providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Education so that school improvement models developed by LCD at district level can be up-scaled and applied on a wider basis.  Some examples of bringing about systemic change in this way include: 

• In partnership with the Ugandan Ministry of Education, LCD Uganda co-produced training manuals for teachers and school managers
• LCD’s School Performance Review is being rolled out to all schools in Limpopo Province in South Africa
• LCD’s HIV/AIDS School Planning Guide has been distributed to 25,000 South African Schools. 



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