Government of Sierra Leone Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education 2020 Annual School Census Report March 2021 Contents List of Tables ............................................................................................................................... 5 List of Figures ............................................................................................................................. 7 PREFACE ....................................................................................................................................... 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................ 11 List of Acronyms .......................................................................................................................... 12 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 13 Section One: Introduction ............................................................................................................. 17 Chapter 1 Background and Methodology ..................................................................................... 17 1.1 Background Information ..................................................................................................... 17 1.2 Specific Objectives .............................................................................................................. 19 1.3 Scope of the School Census ................................................................................................ 19 1.4 Data Collection Tools .......................................................................................................... 19 1.5 Coverage .............................................................................................................................. 20 Chapter 2 Field Methodology ....................................................................................................... 23 2.1 Target................................................................................................................................... 23 2.2 Data Collection Procedures ................................................................................................. 23 2.3 Recruitment and Training of Field Staff ............................................................................. 23 2.3.1 Training of Trainers ...................................................................................................... 24 2.4 Team Composition .............................................................................................................. 26 2.5 Data Collection and Data Management............................................................................... 27 2.6 Quality Control Assurance .................................................................................................. 27 2.6.1 Spot and Back Checks .................................................................................................. 28 2.6.2 Office Spot Check ......................................................................................................... 28 2.6.3 Editing ........................................................................................................................... 28 2.7 Challenges and Limitations ................................................................................................. 29 2.8 Summary and Conclusion ................................................................................................... 30 2.9 Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 31 Section Two: The Schools ............................................................................................................ 33 Chapter 3 General School Information ......................................................................................... 33 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 33 3.2 Comparison between 2019 and 2020 School Censuses ...................................................... 33 3.3 Distribution of Schools ........................................................................................................ 35 3.4 Schools Ownership/Proprietorship ...................................................................................... 38 3.5 Schools Operation ............................................................................................................... 41 Chapter 4 School Management ..................................................................................................... 45 4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 45 4.2 Community-Teacher Association (CTA) ............................................................................ 45 4.3 School Management Committee (SMC) and Board of Governors (BoG) .......................... 46 4.4 Other School Management Support .................................................................................... 48 Chapter 5 School Infrastructure .................................................................................................... 51 5.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 51 5.2 Classrooms and Streams ...................................................................................................... 51 5.3 Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) ............................................................ 58 5.3.1 Access to Water ............................................................................................................ 58 5.3.2 Access to Toilets ........................................................................................................... 61 2 5.3.3 Access to Other School Sanitation Facilities ................................................................ 64 Chapter 6 Teaching and Learning Support ................................................................................... 69 6.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 69 6.2 Pedagogical Materials ......................................................................................................... 69 6.3 Learning Aids ...................................................................................................................... 72 6.4 ICT for Pedagogy ................................................................................................................ 73 6.5 Access to Electricity and Telecommunication .................................................................... 78 6.5.1 Access to Electricity ..................................................................................................... 78 6.5.2 Access to Mobile Telecommunication Network Coverage .......................................... 79 Chapter 7 Nutrition, Leisure and Safety ....................................................................................... 81 7.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 81 7.2 School Feeding Programme ................................................................................................ 81 7.3 Leisure and Safety ............................................................................................................... 83 Chapter 8 School Related Sexual and Gender Based Violence .................................................... 85 8.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 85 8.2 Cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence ...................................................................... 85 8.3 Response of School Administration to Reported Cases of SGBV ...................................... 88 Section Three: The Pupils ............................................................................................................. 90 Chapter 9 School Enrolment ......................................................................................................... 90 9.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 90 9.2 Pupils Enrolment Distribution ............................................................................................. 90 9.3 Enrolment by Ownership/Proprietorship............................................................................. 93 9.4 School Operation Enrolments ............................................................................................. 96 9.5 Grade Enrolment in Schools................................................................................................ 98 Chapter 10 Enrolment Rates ....................................................................................................... 101 10.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 101 10.2 Gross Intake Rate (GIR) 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