PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR USAID / GUINEA BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM PORTFOLIO MAY 2006 Prepared by Michael Midling, Ph.D., Education Policy Specialist and Team Leader, USA Louise Filion, M. Ed., Senior Teacher Training Specialist and Co-Team Leader, Canada Emmanuel M. David-Gnahoui, Ph.D., Teacher Training and Decentralization Specialist, Benin Mbarou Gassama-Mbaye, Ph.D., Community Participation in Education Specialist, Senegal Amadou Tidjane Diallo, Ph.D., Education Specialist, Guinea Abdoul Karim Diallo, Ph.D., Education Specialist, Guinea For DevTech Systems, Inc. 1700 N. Moore St., Suite 1720 Arlington, VA 22209 USA Tel: 703/312-6038 Fax: 703/312-6039 http://www.devtechsys.com [email protected] Contract No. EDH-I-00-03-00002-00 Cognizant Technical Officer: Marisol Pérez AProgram Evaluation forStrategic USAID / ObjectiveGuinea No. 675-003: Basic EducationAppendix Basic Education Program Portfolio This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by DevTech Systems, Inc. DevTech Systems, Inc. PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR USAID / GUINEA BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM PORTFOLIO Final Report under Contract No. EDH-I-00-03-00002-00 Submitted to: USAID/Guinea Conakry, Guinea CTO: Marisol Pérez Submitted by: DevTech Systems, Inc. 1700 N. Moore St., Suite 1720 Arlington, VA 22209 USA Contact: Isabel Dillener Email: [email protected] Phone: 703-778-2641 Fax: 703-351-8184 Evaluation Team Michael Midling, Ph.D., Team Leader Louise Filion, M. Ed., Co-Team Leader Emmanuel M. David-Gnahoui, Ph.D. Mbarou Gassama-Mbaye, Ph.D. Amadou Tidjane Diallo, Ph.D. Abdoul Karim Diallo, Ph.D. May 2006 DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. DevTech Systems, Inc. Table of Contents Acronyms..................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgements.......................................................................................................vi Executive Summary.....................................................................................................vii 1. Introduction................................................................................................................1 1.1 Country background.....................................................................................1 1.2 Education in Guinea in the 1990s and early 2000s......................................1 2. Methodology..............................................................................................................4 3. Program Design .........................................................................................................8 4. Program Implementation .........................................................................................11 4.1. Sectoral strategic planning, management, and decision-making..............11 4.1.1. Strategic planning ......................................................................11 4.1.2. Planning for quality and equity..................................................12 4.1.3. Use of statistical measures as a planning tool............................13 4.1.4. Decentralization of budget and financial management..............13 4.2. Improved instruction in basic education..................................................13 4.2.1. Improved quality of elementary school teaching.......................15 4.2.2 Improved instructional materials development and distribution19 4.2.3 Development of national student achievement testing policy and system ..................................................................................................20 4.3. Community participation in basic education ............................................21 4.3.1. Principal local actors..................................................................22 4.3.2. Training for community participation........................................23 4.4. Gender and rural/urban equity ..................................................................24 5. Discussion and Analysis of Findings.......................................................................29 6. Lessons Learned.......................................................................................................47 Appendices.................................................................................................................A-0 Appendix A. Summary Tables...................................................................................A-1 Summary table 1: In-service teacher training activities between 1999-2000 and 2004-2005 ......................................................................................................A-2 Summary table 2: Workshops delivered to pedagogical supervisors between 1998-1999 and 2003-2004 .............................................................................A-3 Appendix B. Statement of Work................................................................................B-1 Program Evaluation USAID/Guinea, Basic Education Program..................B-2 SUMMARY...................................................................................................B-2 BACKGROUND ...........................................................................................B-2 SCOPE OF WORK........................................................................................B-4 LOGISTICS AND SCHEDULE....................................................................B-7 Appendix C. Documents Reviewed...........................................................................C-1 USAID ...........................................................................................................C-2 USAID/Guinea...............................................................................................C-2 Gouvernement de la République de Guinée ..................................................C-2 MEPU-EC......................................................................................................C-2 General References on Education in Guinea .................................................C-2 FQEL Project .................................................................................................C-2 FQEL Project – Documents more specifically related to IR 1 ......................C-6 FQEL Project – Documents more specifically related to IR 2 ......................C-7 LINKS............................................................................................................C-9 PILOT PROJECTS ......................................................................................C-10 Program Evaluation for USAID / Guinea i Basic Education Program Portfolio DevTech Systems, Inc. PACEEQ......................................................................................................C-10 OTHER ACTIVITIES .................................................................................C-12 Appendix D. List of Persons Met ..............................................................................D-1 USAID Washington.......................................................................................D-2 USAID Guinea...............................................................................................D-2 MEPU-EC / Conakry (Ministère de l’enseignement pré-universitaire et de l’éducation civique) .......................................................................................D-2 METFP (Ministère de l’enseignement technique et de la formation professionnelle)..............................................................................................D-3 INRAP (Institut national de recherche et d’action pédagogique)..................D-3 ISSEG (Institut supérieur des sciences de l’éducation de la Guinée)............D-3 Ministère de la santé publique – Service national de santé scolaire et universitaire....................................................................................................D-3 NFQE / Maillon .............................................................................................D-3 PACEEQ........................................................................................................D-4 IFESH Guinée................................................................................................D-5 Partenaires techniques et financiers (PTF) ....................................................D-5 Comité d’équité..............................................................................................D-5 FEGUIPAE ....................................................................................................D-5 Groupe médias ...............................................................................................D-5 RÉGION DE CONAKRY .............................................................................D-6 RÉGION DE KINDIA...................................................................................D-6 RÉGION DE BOKÉ ......................................................................................D-8 RÉGION DE MAMOU ...............................................................................D-11 RÉGION DE LABÉ.....................................................................................D-13 RÉGION DE FARANAH............................................................................D-14 RÉGION DE KANKAN..............................................................................D-16