Chipata, Mambwe and Lundazi WASH Facility Assessment Baseline Survey
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Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education Chipata, Mambwe and Lundazi WASH Facility Assessment Baseline Survey Final Report May 2013 SPLASH Baseline Survey Final Report May 2013 Acknowledgements We would like to convey our heart-felt appreciation to the SPLASH Project staff for the support rendered to us in carrying out the baseline survey. This ranged from technical to moral support. The Chief of Party, the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist and the IT Expert from the United States are particularly saluted. To all these we convey our sincere gratitude. There are many other partners who made this baseline survey a success, including: The Provincial Education Officer‟s (PEO) office in Eastern Province; the District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) office in Chipata, Lundazi and Mambwe districts, CARE, the Supervisors and Research Assistants as well as all the school head teachers who provided very valuable data. To all these, we say, very many thanks indeed. RuralNet Associates Limited P.O Box 51311, Kalundu, Lusaka, Zambia Email: [email protected] Website: www.ruralnet.co.zm ii SPLASH Baseline Survey Final Report May 2013 Table of Content ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................. II LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................... VI LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................... VII ACRONYMS .............................................................................................. VIII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................. IX PART I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Brief Overview of SPLASH ................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose and Objectives of the Baseline ............................................................... 2 1.3 Background .......................................................................................................... 3 1.3.1 Current water and sanitation situation in schools in Zambia .............................. 3 1.3.2 Current completion rates, pupil teacher contact time ......................................... 4 1.3.3 Water and sanitation policies in Zambia ............................................................ 5 2.0 METHODOLOGY 6 2.1. Study Design and Approach ................................................................................ 6 2.2 Quantitative Survey .............................................................................................. 6 2.3 Observations and Spot Checks ............................................................................ 7 2.4. Data Entry and Analysis ...................................................................................... 7 2.5 Quality Control Measures ..................................................................................... 8 2.6 Study Limitations .................................................................................................. 9 2.7. Report Presentation .......................................................................................... 10 PART II: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ..................................................... 11 3.0 SCHOOL DATA 11 3.1 Type of Schools .................................................................................... 11 3.2 Total Enrolments ................................................................................... 11 3.3 Pupil Drop-out Rate .............................................................................. 12 3.4 Teachers in Schools ............................................................................. 13 3.5 Pupil – Teacher Ratio ........................................................................... 14 3.6 Pupil Absenteeism ................................................................................ 14 3.7 Teacher Absenteeism ........................................................................... 15 3.8 Number of Shifts ................................................................................... 16 4.0 ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER 17 4.1 Water Supply Points ........................................................................................... 17 4.2 Drinking water facilities ...................................................................................... 18 iii SPLASH Baseline Survey Final Report May 2013 4.3 Treatment of drinking water ................................................................................ 19 4.4 Transportation and storage of water ................................................................... 20 4.5 Functionality of Water Supply Points .................................................................. 20 4.6 Access to Water ................................................................................................. 21 4.7 Maintenance of water facility .............................................................................. 22 4.8 Problems related to water facility ........................................................................ 23 5.0 ACCESS TO SANITATION FACILITIES 24 5.1 School Toilets .................................................................................................... 24 5.2 Pupil toilet ratios for boys and girls ..................................................................... 26 5.3 Location of sanitation facilities ............................................................................ 27 5.4 Cleanliness of the toilets .................................................................................... 28 5.5 Privacy of toilets ................................................................................................. 28 5.6 Menstrual Hygiene Management ........................................................................ 29 6.0 HAND WASHING FACILITIES 30 6.1 School Hand Washing Facilities ............................................................ 30 6.2 Location of Hand Washing Facilities ..................................................... 30 6.3 Group Hand Washing Facilities ............................................................. 31 6.4 Water at Hand Washing Facility ............................................................ 31 6.5 Soap at Hand Washing Facility ............................................................. 31 6.6 Observations of Pupils hand washing ................................................... 32 7.0 WASH ACTIVITIES 33 7.1 Teacher Training in Hygiene Promotion ................................................ 33 7.2 School Plan for WASH Activities ........................................................... 33 7.3 Organised Pupil WASH Groups ............................................................ 33 7.4 Learning Materials for WASH ................................................................ 33 8.0 DISTRICT WASHE COORDINATION (D-WASHE) 34 8.1 Organisations represented on D-WASHE Committee ........................................ 34 8.2 D-WASHE Action Plan ....................................................................................... 35 8.3 D-WASHE Activities ........................................................................................... 35 9.0 CONCLUSIONS 36 Bibliography ............................................................................................................. 38 APPENDICES 40 Appendix 1: SPLASH Baseline Questionnaire ........................................................... 1 Appendix 2: SPLASH Log frame .............................................................................. 25 Appendix 3: Details of closed and additional schools ............................................... 32 Appendix 4: Data Collection Team for SPLASH Baseline Survey............................. 34 Annexes: iv SPLASH Baseline Survey Final Report May 2013 Annex 1: Summary of school, water and sanitation data Annex 2: Map of schools which participated in SPLASH Baseline survey v SPLASH Baseline Survey Final Report May 2013 List of Tables Table 1: Total schools interviewed against the target ................................................................. 7 Table 2: Enrolment rate for districts by gender ..........................................................................12 Table 3: Dropout by gender by district .......................................................................................13 Table 4: Highest and least number of teachers per school by district ........................................14 Table 5: Pupil – Teacher ratio against standard ratio ................................................................14 Table 6: Pupil absenteeism by gender and district ....................................................................15 Table 7: Comparisons why boys and girls are absent from schools ..........................................15 Table 8: Teacher absenteeism ..................................................................................................16 Table 9: Comparisons why male and female teachers were absent from schools .....................16 Table 10: School shifts by district ..............................................................................................16 Table 11: Water supply points by school type ...........................................................................18 Table