USAID Tusome Pamoja Quarter 3 Report April 1, 2019, through June 30, 2019 A Standard 2 pupil from Msingisi Primary School, which is in Gairo District in Morogoro Region, prepares to draw his favorite animal. Source: Alastair Rodd, Tusome Pamoja July 30, 2019 This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was prepared by RTI International for the USAID|Tanzania Tusome Pamoja Program. USAID TUSOME PAMOJA FY 2019 Quarter 3 Report Contract Period: January 12, 2016—January 11, 2021 Contract Number: AID-621-C-16-00003 Reporting Period: April 1, 2019, through June 30, 2019 Prepared for USAID Tanzania United States Agency for International Development Office of Acquisition and Assistance ATTN: Laura Kikuli, Contracting Officer’s Representative [email protected] Aaron Miles, Contracting Officer’s Representative, Alternate [email protected] 686 Old Bagamoyo Road, Msasani P.O. Box 9130 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Prepared by RTI International 3040 E. Cornwallis Road P.O. Box 12194 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194 RTI International is one of the world’s leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. 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PROGRAM OVERVIEW 1 1.1 Government Support—Decentralized Monitoring, Planning, and Implementation, Quarter 3 2018/2019.................................................................. 2 2 QUARTER 3 PROGRESS 3 2.1 Centrally Delivered Activities ............................................................................... 3 2.2 Regionally Delivered Activities ........................................................................... 18 Iringa Region ..................................................................................................... 19 Morogoro Region ............................................................................................... 20 Mtwara Region .................................................................................................. 21 Ruvuma Region ................................................................................................. 23 Zanzibar ............................................................................................................ 25 2.3 Key Meetings ........................................................................................................... 26 2.4 Additional Technical Accomplishments .............................................................. 27 Formative Assessment Training (Pilot in the Iringa Region) ............................... 28 Collaboration and Support of TIE Training of Teachers ..................................... 28 2.5 Key Activities Planned for Q4 2019-2020 ................................................................ 29 APPENDICES 31 Appendix A. Deliverables Table .................................................................................... 32 Appendix B. Procurement Activities, Quarter 3 (April Through June 2019) Fiscal Year 2019 .......................................................................................................... 35 Appendix C. Regional Activities, Quarter 3 (April Through June 2019) Fiscal Year 2019 .................................................................................................................. 36 Appendix D. Success Stories ........................................................................................ 59 Appendix E. Feedback Regarding Teaching and Learning Materials from Teacher Focus Group Discussions .................................................................................. 62 Appendix F. Total Beneficiaries Trained (April Through June 2019) .............................. 65 Appendix G. 2019 Decentralized Periodic Learning Assessment Scores ...................... 67 Appendix H. Examples of School Report Card Implementation ..................................... 71 Appendix I. Zanzibar EMIS Roadmap ........................................................................... 73 Appendix J. Zanzibar SIS Agreed Action Plan ............................................................... 79 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. The handout titled Comprehension Strategies: After Reading .......................... 8 USAID Tusome Pamoja Q3 FY 2019 Draft Quarterly Report iii LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Target districts, wards, schools, pupils, and teachers ........................................ 1 Table 2. Activity 1.1 status and deliverable or scope ....................................................... 3 Table 3. Activity 1.2 status and deliverables or scope ..................................................... 4 Table 4. Non-fiction materials provided to support Read-to-Learn in Mainland Tanzania .............................................................................................................. 5 Table 5. Activity 1.3 status and deliverables or scope ..................................................... 6 Table 6. Materials provided to support mathematics rollout training in Zanzibar .............. 6 Table 7. Activity 1.4 status and deliverables or scope ..................................................... 7 Table 8. Activity 1.5 status and deliverable or scope ....................................................... 8 Table 9. Activity 1.6 status and deliverable or scope ....................................................... 8 Table 10. Activity 2.1 status and deliverables or scope ................................................... 9 Table 11. Tusome Pamoja Schools Reporting Attendance by Regions ......................... 10 Table 12. Activity 2.2 status and deliverables or scope ................................................. 10 Table 13. Activity 2.3 status and deliverables or scope ................................................. 11 Table 14. Activity 2.4 status and deliverable or scope ................................................... 12 Table 15. Activity 2.5 status and deliverable or scope ................................................... 13 Table 16. Activity 3.1 status and deliverable or scope ................................................... 13 Table 17. Activity 3.2 status and deliverable or scope ................................................... 14 Table 18. Total number of participants trained ............................................................... 15 Table 19. Pioneers of the USAID Tusome Pamoja Scorecards ..................................... 15 Table 20. Activity 3.3 status and deliverables or scope ................................................. 15 Table 21. Frequency of PSAs and number of Soma Nami radio program aired ............. 17 Table 22. Activity 3.4 status and deliverable or scope ................................................... 17 Table 23. Activity 3.5 status and deliverable or scope ................................................... 18 Table 24. Outcomes from key meetings and visits ........................................................ 27 Table 25. Key activities for Q4 FY 2019 ........................................................................ 29 Table A-1. Deliverables ................................................................................................. 32 Table B-1. Procurement ................................................................................................ 35 Table C-1. Iringa Regional Summary Report, Q3 FY 2019 (April–June 2019) ............... 36 Table C-2. Ruvuma Regional Quarterly Summary Report, Q3 FY 2019 (April– June 2019) ........................................................................................................ 42 Table C-3. Mtwara Regional Quarterly Summary Report, QR 3 FY 2019 (April to June 2019) ........................................................................................................ 47 Table C-4. Morogoro Regional Quarterly Summary Report, Q3 FY 2019 (April– June 2019) ........................................................................................................ 51 Table C-5. Zanzibar Regional Quarterly Summary Report, Q3 FY 2019 (April— June 2019) ........................................................................................................ 56 iv USAID Tusome Pamoja Q3 FY 2019 Draft Quarterly Report Table E-1. Materials from Focus Group Discussions ..................................................... 62 Table E-2. Additional Revisions—Tusome Pamoja Technical Team ............................. 64 Table F-1. Total beneficiaries trained ............................................................................ 65 Table H-1. School Report Cards.................................................................................... 72 USAID Tusome Pamoja Q3 FY 2019 Draft Quarterly Report v ACRONYMS 3Rs Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic