ACCELERATED PRIMARY EDUCATION SUPPORT [APES] PROJECT SOFT0909 EC Final Evaluation Report Submitted by: Daniel Wesonga Acacia Consultants Ltd. P.O. Box 340, Sarit Centre 00606 Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya Tel/fax: 3742855 Tel: 3746655 / 3747867 Mobile: 0733 780900 / 0722 203 444 Email: [email protected] Website address: www.acaciaconsultants.org i LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ABE Alternative Basic Education AABE Alternative Approach to Basic Education AMISOM African Mission In Somalia APES Accelerated Primary Education Support Programme BOQs Bill of Quantities CBOs Community Based Organisations CEC Community Education Committee CECs Community Education Committees CFBT Centre For British Teacher Education Trust CSS Central South Somalia CWD Children with Disability EC European Commission FPE Free Primary Education FPENS Formal Private Education Network in Somalia ESC Education Sector Committee EMIS Education Management Information System EU European Union FAL Functional Adult Literacy GER Gross Enrolment Rate GEC Girls Education Challenge CPE Global Partnership for Education HIV/AIDS Human Immune-Deficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome IAS International Aid Services ICDSEA Integrated Capacity Development for Somali Education Administrations IDPs Internally Displaced Persons INGO International Non-Governmental Organisations IPs Implementing Partners ISPABE Integrated Special Primary and Alternative Basic Education IQBEP Let’s all learn-Inclusive Quality Basic Education Project KRTs Key Resource Teachers LNGOs Local Non-Governmental Organisations MLC Minimum learning competencies MOE Ministry of Education MOU Memorandum of Understanding MU Mogadishu University NRC Norwegian Refugee Council NSPAFPE National Strategy and Plan of Action for Female Participation in Education NFIs Non Food Items NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations PA Partner Administration PL Puntland PSC Project Steering Committee REOs Regional Education Officers SCS South Central Somalia SCD Save the Children Demark SCOTT PS Strengthening Capacity of Teacher Training in Primary and Secondary Education SCUK Save the Children United Kingdom SHACDO Shabelle Community Development Organisation SIBES Support to Integrated Basic Education SL Somaliland SNDF Somaliland National Disability Forum SOCSA Somaliland Organisation for Culture and Sports Association SOHURA Somaliland Humanitarians Relief Association SOLSA Somaliland Student Association SYLI Somali Youth Leaders Initiative TFG Transitional Federal Government TOR Terms of Reference UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund WFP World Food Program YOVENCO Youth Volunteers for Development and Environmental Conservation ii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................................... II TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................................................... III LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................................................................. III LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................................................................... III LIST OF PHOTOS ........................................................................................................................................................................... III LIST OF TEXTBOXES ...................................................................................................................................................................... III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................................. IV 1.PROJECT INTRODUCTION AND MAJOR FINDINGS ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE APES PROJECT ............................................................................................................... 1 1.2 EVALUATION OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 1.3 METHODS OF EVALUATION .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3.1 Phase 1- Inception Phase - Literature Review & Finalisation of Data Collection Tools ................................................. 2 1.3.2 Phase 2 – Field work ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.3.3 Phase 3 - Data Analysis, Report Writing and Dissemination .......................................................................................... 4 1.4 EVALUATION FINDINGS ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.4.1 Relevance ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.4.2 Efficiency .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.4.3 Effectiveness ................................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.4.4 Impacts ........................................................................................................................................................................... 17 1.4.5 Sustainability .................................................................................................................................................................. 19 2.CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................................................. 21 2.1 RELEVANCE ............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 2.2 EFFICIENCY ............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 2.3. EFFECTIVENESS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 21 2.4 IMPACT .................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 2.5 SUSTAINABILITY ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22 3LIST OF ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 23 3.1 THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE EVALUATION ............................................................................................................................. 23 3.2 THE NAMES & COMPANY OF THE EVALUATORS ............................................................................................................................. 31 3.3 DETAILED METHODOLOGY APPLIED FOR THE STUDY ........................................................................................................................ 32 3.4 LOGICAL FRAMEWORK MATRICES ................................................................................................................................................ 37 3.5 LIST OF PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS CONSULTED .............................................................................................................................. 41 3.6 LITERATURE AND DOCUMENTATION CONSULTED ............................................................................................................................. 47 List of Tables TABLE 1: APES EVALUATION SCHOOL ACTIVITY SHEET ....................................................................................................................................... 3 TABLE 2: ACTIVITIES DELAYED DURING APES IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................................................................................... 8 TABLE 3: OVER ALL ANALYSIS OF THE ACHIEVEMENT AGAINST THE TARGET .......................................................................................................... 10 TABLE 4: APES PROJECT EXPANDED OR IMPROVED SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE...................................................................................................... 12 List of Figures FIGURE 1: SHOWING SCHOOL ENROLMENT DATA AT SHEIKH IBRAHIM PRIMARY SCHOOL (BURCO –SOMALILAND) ENROLMENT DATA FOR THE PERIOD 2009- 2012 ..............................................................................................................................................................................................