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Here are some examples of the work LCD is doing in Ethiopia
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1. Ade Cherake School, Damot Gale Woreda
2. Weybo Elementary School, Bolosso Sore Woreda
1. Case Study: Ade Cherake School, Damot Gale Woreda, Wolaita Zone
The Situation:
Ade Cherake School is vastly lacking in resources and facilities. The majority of Damot Gale's 188,000 population are living below the poverty line - people here are extremely poor. In Ade Cherake School there are 32 teachers and 2,898 pupils, a pupil teacher ratio of 91:1.
In 2007, the Ministry of Education introduced the School Improvement Programme (SIP) which aims to improve student performance via a cycle of data gathering, self-assessment, planning, implementation and review by all schools, with support from woreda offices. However, LCD's needs analysis showed that woreda staff, schools and communities were lacking the confidence and knowledge to apply the new policy and had limited SIP budgets.
The Intervention:
Having identified the gaps in knowledge, confidence and budget among those responsible for applying the government's School Improvement Programme, LCD were able to create a strategy of training, technical support and funding to support their needs.
Ade Cherake School has been supported via the following:
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Five days training for five School Improvement Committee members in school self-assessment and planning
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Two days of detailed data collection against the SIP Domains (Teaching and Learning, Management and Leadership, Student Environment, Community Participation)
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Testing for all grade 4 and 7 students in Maths, Science, English
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SIP Report detailing findings from data collection and learner tests
The Impact:
Ato Gegera Henke is Chairman of the school’s Education and Training Board. He says LCD’s training has had a big impact:
- Ade Cherake now has a 3 year strategic and 1 year action plan
- Enrolment has increased (especially girls) and drop-outs reduced
- Parents attend meetings to participate in identifying school problems
- There is better attendance and discipline in the school
- The community was mobilised to fence and clean the school compound
- School income increased from 6,000 to 24,000 birr due to community contributions
2. Case Study: Weybo Elementary School, Bolosso Sore Woreda
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The Situation:
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Ato Weldeselase Angelo is the director of
The Intervention:
We therefore designed a ‘supervision support strategy’ as part of our Woreda School Improvement Project. LCD Ethiopia has been supporting the supervisors with the following activities:
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Improve supervisor mobility through provision of motorbikes and fuel and maintenance budget
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Workshops to share best practice / develop skills
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Support supervisors’ planning and reporting
- Build supervisors’ capacity to mentor school stakeholders and collect relevant data
- Co-facilitate and fund in-service training at cluster level
The Impact:
School Director, Ato Weldeselase feels that the cluster supervisor has helped him to realise his vision through creating awareness among the community about the importance of education, developing awareness among parents to send their children regularly to school, and building a sense of community ownership of the school.
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We are already seeing the impact of increased visits. Now the supervisor is on hand to help us identify and prioritise problems; set goals and develop strategies; encourage parents to support school activities and strengthen the PTA. Our school has already seen improved learner outcomes. The 2007 grade 8 pass rate was 89%, but in 2008 after LCD’s support it was 92%”
Ato Weldeselase Angelo, Director of Weybo Elementary School
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Supporting Schools Directly
Chocha Elementary School in Damot Gale is participating in a special project with LCD, funded by two sponsors and Bellbird School in the UK. The project provides for a classroom, toilets and school furniture. The project will be completed during 2009.
