vso rwanda three strategic programme priorities: quality basic education (primary & early years)...
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VSO RWANDAThree Strategic Programme Priorities:
•Quality Basic Education (Primary & Early Years)
•Social Inclusion & Governance (focusing on disability, women)
•Livelihoods & Youth Development (agriculture, market skills)
Responding to: •7 years Government Programme, Vision 2020, MDGs, and Sector Priorities
Quality Basic Education (Primary & Early Years)
ESSP articulates that Quality has been declining, due in a large part to low calibre teaching staff and therefore, the government is designing intensive teacher training programs.
How VSO is helping...
• Education Programme focusses on supporting the government to improve the quality of education
• Strong advocacy voice on quality• Provides a link between national level (government)
and grass roots level (volunteer experiences feeds up to government / donors)
• Currently working with 17 districts
Projects in VSO Education:
Inclusive Services through Participation of stakeholders for realizing Rights in Education & Disability (INSPIRED!)
Achieving Learning Outcomes for All (ALOA)
Literacy Learning & Languages (L3)
Emergent Literacy and Maths Initiative (ELMI)
Enhancing Quality of Early-Childhood Education in Rwanda
Major focus is on measuring impact in all projects
Improving skills of primary school teachers in using LCM and
developing teaching aids at pre-service and in-service levels;
building effective leadership skills of head teachers
What impact do we aim to make?
Improve the delivery of quality services for children in basic
education and people living with disabilities
focusing on inclusive, learner-centred mainstream education and
models of good practice in SNE
Measuring impact in all projects (Cont’d)
What impact do we aim to make?
Through the ALOA project, DFID, VSO and its partners are
aiming to:
Measure how the work that volunteers do through training
teachers on learner centred methods and school leadership
have impact on children’s learning.
Basically, we aim to answer the following questions:
Does better school leadership and ‘child centered’ teaching lead to
better learning outcomes for children?
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF INTERVENTION
Bugesera: Kamabuye Musenyi, Ntarama and Juru Burera: Rugarama, Ruhondo Rwerere and BungweGisagara: Mogombwa, Ndora Musha and MambaKarongi: Rugabano, Gashari, Rwankuba and GitesiMuhanga: Kibangu, Kiyumba, Rugendabari and
MushishiroNgoma: Gashanda Mutenderi, Karembo and
RukumberiNyamagabe: Tare, Uwinkingi, Cyanika and GasakaNyamasheke: Ruharambuga, Kagano, Gihombo and
Bushenge Rulindo: Kisaro Ntarabana Masoro and Murambi
Literacy, Language and Learning – L3A five year program financed by the USAID and implemented by the Education Development Center(EDC), with technical assistance from VSO Volunteers, Concern Worldwide (CW) and International Educational Exchange (IEE).
Working with the URCE and 13 affiliated TTCs to ensure that Student teachers leave Teacher Training Colleges with skills in using LCM in Primary school level with the ultimate goal of:Strengthening teaching and learning so that children leave primary school with solid literacy/numeracy skills in P1 to P4.
INSPIRED! Project LocationsTMA’s and ELA’s in:
GicumbiMusanzeNgororeroNyagatareNyaruguruRwamaganaRubavuRusizi
MRA and LNAs in:TTC Byumba (Gicumbi)TTC Cyahinda (Nyaruguru)TTC Gacuba (Rubavu)TTC Matimba (Nyagatare)TTC Mbuga (Nyamagabe)TTC Muhanga (Muhanga)TTC Muramba (Ngororero)TTC Mururu (Rusizi)TTC Save (Gisagara)TTC Zaza (Ngoma)
MRA (cont’d)TTC Rubengera (Karongi)TTC Bicumbi (Rwamagana)TTC Kirambo (Burera)
Disability rightsKigali cityMusanzeNgororeroNyanzaNyagatareNgomaKicukiro
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Strong focus on Monitoring and Evaluation
The Logical Frameworks (or ‘logframes’) contain indicators, milestones and ultimate targets.
Common tools•Volunteer monthly reports; volunteer time sheets
•Case studies
•Photos and videos
•Training participation lists and ‘before and after’ assessments
•Annual Partnership Reviews
•Field visits by VSO staff
•Online system for data and information management
Livelihoods & Youth Development
Programme: Support market-relevant skills development of youth including people with disability and women particularly on TVETs.Promote sustainable and attractive agriculture for young people including people with disability and women
Advocacy: Youth Policy development with MoY-ICT (under review) and National Volunteering Policy Promote and build capacity of national volunteers
Reach: 15,000 young people, women and others
Social Inclusion & Governance
Programme: Democratic participation of PWDs in development planning and monitoring at national and local level.Promoting and capacity building of organisations and networks of people with disabilities (PWDs) to facilitate PWDs’ access to state entitlements and servicesEconomic empowerment of cooperatives with PWDs and women members
Advocacy: Disability as a cross-cutting issue under EDPRS II, implementation of NCPD Strategic Plan, Rwanda Sign Language
Reach: 13,000 - primarily people with disability