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“We are facing big resource challenges such as lack of teaching materials, classrooms, drinking water and school staff. Our key focus however is improving the quality of education in our elementary schools. We want to develop comprehensive training programmes to build the capacity of PTAs, teachers, school directors and woreda education officials. We need the technical and financial support of LCD to achieve our goals and we are committed to developing a close and fruitful working relationship”.
Ato Zerihun Alemu, Education Training and Quality Assurance Expert, Bolosso Sore
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Programme Overview
"Link Community Development's operation in Ethiopia is the latest addition to our African portfolio. Following successful funding applications to BIG Lottery Fund, Irish Aid and the Waterloo Foundation, we were able to start our pilot Woreda School Improvement Project, which draws on learning from LCD's work in all other countries, particularly School Performance Review (SPR).
The project aims for better basic education through enhanced access to school performance data for local communities, increased stakeholder demand for improvements and more responsive and effective delivery by woreda education staff. It is designed to support the government’s School Improvement Programme.
The project will work with 125 primary schools in four woredas of the Wolaita Zone of the Southern Nations and Nationalities People’s Region. SNNPRS and hopes to impact on approximately 164,000 beneficiaries in extremely deprived rural areas. During 2007 and 2008 we have been focusing on 66 of these schools in the first two target woredas. A baseline has been produced and this will be used for future assessment and monitoring. The project has been designed in partnership with the education department at all levels and is at the forefront of our thinking regarding strengthening and informing national education policy."
Laura Garforth, Programme Director, Link Community Development Ethiopia
Laura Garforth, Programme Director, Link Community Development Ethiopia
