Rem ACCÈS, LECTURE, REDEVABILITÉ ET RÉTENTION ! ACTIVITY 1 (ACCELERE!1) FY19 ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 1, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 SUBMITTED JANUARY 21, 2019 CONTRACT NO. AID-660-C-15-00001 United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Education Office USAID Contracting Officer’s Representative: Mr. Jean-Pierre Sangwa FY19 ANNUAL REPORT Accès, Lecture, Redevabilité et Rétention! Activity 1 (ACCELERE!1 or A!1) 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Program Overview Summary ......................................................... 5 2. Activity Implementation Progress ............................................... 10 2.1 PROGRESS NARRATIVE SUMMARY ............................................................... 10 2.2 ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION STATUS ......................................................... 13 RESULT 1: EQUITABLE ENROLLMENTS TO A QUALITY EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT INCREASED ...................................................................... 15 1.B GRANTS PROGRAM ........................................................................................ 20 RESULT 2: IMPROVED EDUCATION QUALITY .................................................. 27 RESULT 3: IMPROVED GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY BY STAKEHOLDERS ............................................................................................ 37 MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING (MEL), AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH ..................................................................................................... 42 3. Key Issue Narrative Summaries ................................................... 51 4. Stakeholder Participation And Involvement ............................. 52 5. Management and Administrative Issues ..................................... 53 6. Lessons Learned ................................................................................ 54 7. How Implementing Partner Has Addressed A/COR Comments from the Last Quarterly or Annual Report ......... 56 ANNEX A: STANDARD REPORT (ATTACHMENT) .............................................................. 56 ANNEX B: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REPORT (FRENCH) ............................... 56 ANNEX C: GRANTS DISBURSEMENT TO NGOS (ATTACHMENT) ................................... 56 ANNEX D: LIST OF REPORTS AND DELIVERABLES SUBMITTED FROM OCTOBER 1, 2018, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (ATTACHMENT) .................................................... 56 ANNEX E: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND MITIGATION REPORT (ATTACHMENT) ....................................................................................................................... 56 ANNEX F: COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH MESSAGES (ATTACHMENT) ............. 56 ANNEX G: PROJECT FINANCIAL DATA (ATTACHMENT) ................................................. 56 ANNEX H: TRIP REPORTS (ATTACHMENT) ......................................................................... 56 ANNEX I: GIS DATA (ATTACHMENT) ................................................................................... 56 ANNEX J: DATA FOR REPORTING UNDER FOREIGN ASSISTANCE OBJECTIVES ........... 56 ANNEX K: CDCS RESULTS FRAMEWORK—ACTIVITY CROSSWALK (ATTACHMENT) 57 Acronyms FY19 ANNUAL REPORT Accès, Lecture, Redevabilité et Rétention! Activity 1 (ACCELERE!1 or A!1) 2 A!1 Accès, Lecture, Redevabilité et Rétention! Activity 1 (ACCELERE!1) AGR Activités génératrice de revenue ALP Alternative/Accelerated Learning Program AMF attribution d'un montant fixe ANAPECO Association nationale des parents d’élèves et étudiants du Congo ANAPEPA Association nationale des écoles privées agréées APCI Association des parents d’élèves des écoles conventionnées Islamiques APEC Association des parents d’élèves Catholiques APECKI Association des parents d’élèves des écoles conventionnées Kimbanguistes APEP Association des parents d’élèves protestants ASSONEPA Association nationale des écoles privées agrées AVEC Associations villageoises d’épargne et de crédit (Community Savings Plans) CAP Centre d’apprentissage professionnel CCL Champion communautaire de la lecture (Community Reading Champions) CIES Comparative and International Education Society CEPACO Collectif des Ecoles Privées Agréées du Congo COGES Comité de gestion scolaire COPA Comité de parents COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CRS Centre de rattrapage scolaire CSO Civil Society Organizations DAS Directorate for School Administration DEP Direction de l’enseignement privé DFID United Kingdom Department for International Development DIGE Direction de l’information pour la gestion de l’éducation (or Directorate of Information for the Management of Education) DIPROMAD Direction des programmes et matériels didactiques DQA Data Quality Assessment DRC Democratic Republic of Congo EGRA Early Grade Reading Assessment EP Ecoles primaires FAA Fixed Amount Awards FHI360 Family Health International FOI Fidelity of Implementation FY Fiscal year ICT Information and communication technologies IR Intermediate result IST In-service training MAS Ministry of Social Affairs MECC Monitoring, Evaluation, and Coordination Contract MEL Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning ML Mobilisateur de la lecture MELP Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan (formerly PMEP) FY19 ANNUAL REPORT Accès, Lecture, Redevabilité et Rétention! Activity 1 (ACCELERE!1 or A!1) 3 MEPST Ministère de l'enseignement primaire, secondaire et technique MOE Ministry of Education MOU Memorandum of Understanding PAES Projet d’amélioration de l’environnement scolaire PAQUE Projet d’amélioration de la qualité d’éducation PE Protocoles d’entente PIRS Performance Indicator Reference Sheets PROVED Head of the provincial education office for the MEPST PSIS Provincial School Improvement Specialist PTL Provincial Team Lead QA Quarterly Assessments REP Réseaux de proximité RFA Request for Applications RNA Rapid Needs Assessment Sous-PROVED Ministre d’éducation sous provincial STS School to School International TIP Trafficking in Persons Sanctions TLM Teaching and Learning Materials TMIS Teacher Motivation and Incentives Study TOC Theory of Change UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund UPEPAC Union des Promoteurs des Écoles Privées Agréées du Congo USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government FY19 ANNUAL REPORT Accès, Lecture, Redevabilité et Rétention! Activity 1 (ACCELERE!1 or A!1) 4 1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW SUMMARY USAID/DRC Accès, Lecture, Redevabilité et Rétention Activity 1 Program Name: (ACCELERE!1 or A!1) Activity Start Date and End Date: May 28, 2015 - September 25, 2020 Name of Prime Implementing Chemonics International Inc. Partner: Contract Number: AID-660-C-15-00001 Name of Subcontractors/Sub- Family Health International (FHI 360), Cambridge Education (trading as awardees: Mott MacDonald), and School to School International (STS) Association Nationale des Ecoles Privées Agrées (ASSONEPA), Major Counterpart Direction des Ecoles Privées (DEP), Union des Promoteurs des Ecoles Organizations: Privées Agréées du Congo (UPEPAC), Confédération des Ecoles Privées Agréées du Congo (CEPACO) Total targeted provinces and sub-provinces from October 2018 to March 2019 (8 provinces and 25 sub-provinces): Haut Katanga (Lubumbashi 2, Sakania, Kipushi, Likasi, Kambove), Lualaba (Lubudi, Kolwezi 1, Kolwezi 2), Kasaï Central (Kananga 1, Kananga 2, Dibaya 2, Demba 1, Dimbelenge 1, Kazumba Sud), Kasaï Oriental (Mbuji Mayi 1, Mbuji Mayi 2, Mbuji Mayi 3, Kabeya- Miabi, Katanda1), Nord Kivu, Sud Kivu, Equateur (Mbandaka 1, Mbandaka 2, Bikoro), Sud-Ubangi (Gemena 1, Gemena 2, Gemena 3). Total targeted provinces and sub-provinces from April 2019 to Geographic Coverage September 2019 (6 provinces and 26 sub-provinces): Kinshasa (Mont (Provinces and Sub-Provinces): Ngafula 1, Mont Ngafula 2, Bumbu, Selembao, Makala, Kisenso, Masina 1, Masina 2, Nsele, Maluku, Kimbanseke 1, Kimbanseke 2, Kimbanseke 3), Equateur (Mbandaka 1, Mbandaka 2), Kasaï Central (Kananga 1, Kananga 2), Haut Katanga (Lubumbashi 1, Lubumbashi 2, Lubumbashi 3, Lubumbashi 4, Lubumbashi 5), Nord Kivu (Goma, Nyiragongo), Sud Kivu ( Bukavu, Kabare) *While the project reselected target schools midway through the year, A!1 continued to implement some activities, such as grants, in the originally targeted provinces throughout the whole year. Reporting Period: October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019 Accès, Lecture, Retention et Redevabilité Activity 1, or ACCELERE!1 (A!1), is a 5-year project jointly funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), implemented by Chemonics International. The consortium’s institutional partners include Family Health International (FHI 360), Cambridge Education, and School-to-School International (STS). A!1 supports the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government’s commitment to free, universal basic education and improved equitable access to education. The project originally focused on working with public primary schools as well as écoles conventionnées run by religious networks. However, following the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) sanctions issued in November 2018, A!1 refocused its program activities toward government-accredited private schools and private, non-formal alternative/accelerated learning programs (ALPs) in Q2 Fiscal year (FY)19. ALPs include both centres de rattrapage scolaire (accelerated learning centers, or CRSs) and centres d’apprentissage professionnel (vocational training centers, or CAPs). FY19 ANNUAL REPORT Accès, Lecture, Redevabilité et Rétention! Activity