VSO RWANDA
Three 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.
All Children accessing quality education
Effective school
leadership
Quality
education
Inclusive learner
centered methods of
teaching
Teaching resource
development
Improved literacy and
numeracy levels
ECE
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
9
Districts
3
comparator
sectors per
district
3
intervention
sectors per
district
5 schools
per
sector
(about) 2
teachers per
school
Bugesera: Kamabuye Musenyi, Ntarama and Juru
Burera: Rugarama, Ruhondo Rwerere and Bungwe
Gisagara: Mogombwa, Ndora Musha and Mamba
Karongi: Rugabano, Gashari, Rwankuba and Gitesi
Muhanga: Kibangu, Kiyumba, Rugendabari and
Mushishiro
Ngoma: Gashanda Mutenderi, Karembo and
Rukumberi
Nyamagabe: Tare, Uwinkingi, Cyanika and Gasaka
Nyamasheke: Ruharambuga, Kagano, Gihombo and
Bushenge
Rulindo: Kisaro Ntarabana Masoro and Murambi
Head
teachers
Literacy, Language and Learning – L3
A 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 Locations
TMA’s and MRA and LNAs in:
ELA’s in:
TTC Byumba (Gicumbi)
Gicumbi
Musanze
Ngororero
Nyagatare
Nyaruguru
Rwamagana
Rubavu
Rusizi
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 rights
Kigali city
Musanze
Ngororero
Nyanza
Nyagatare
Ngoma
Kicukiro
= 13 TTC
INSPIRED!
ALOA
INSPIRED!
INSPIRED!
ALOA
INSPIRED!
INSPIRED!
INSPIRED!
ALOA
ALOA
ALOA
ALOA
INSPIRED!
ALOA
INSPIRED!
ALOA
INSPIRED!
ALOA
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 services
Economic 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
Thank you!
Thank you!
Any questions, comments ???
MURAKOZE