Improving Quality in Secondary Education-Edits_2

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` In January 2011, Tanzania launched SEDP II (July 2010-

June 2015)` As one of the five major objectives.

Improvement of quality and relevance of education

offered in secondary schools comes first.

Besides training more teachers-Also disburse

capitation grant to school in a timely manner.

Tsh 25,000/- per student per year for five yearspurchasing learning and teaching material and other

administrative expenses.


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` First installment-40% of capitation grant (Tsh 25,000/-) to

arrive in schools by January.

` Why January?

to enable schools to procure books and other educational

materials at the beginning of the school year.

` Other installments-By the end of April, July and October of

each year (assuming that 20% in each remained quarter)


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` HakiElimu, Twaweza and Policy Forum signed the MOU.

` To monitor whether the commitment to disburse the grant to

schools under SEDP II is being executed.

` During SEDP I, an average of only Tsh 7,634 reached

schools (only 30% of Tsh 25,000).

` Phase 1of monitoring-from July 1-December 31, 2010 and

January 1-31,2011


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` Sample size-50 schools from 14 regions

` Survey tools

-Interview with head teachers.

- Questionnaires-Through Friends of Education (34,000 through out Tanzania)

` Time frame- How much has reached schools between;

1 July-31 December, 2010

1 January-31 January, 2011


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` Finding

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-93% of schools surveyed had not received capitation grant by

January 31, 2011 as indicated in SEDP II.

-This is contrary to SEDP II project appraisal-by end of January

schools must have received 40% (Tsh 10,000) of Tsh 25,000/=

7%

93%

Received capitation grant

Did not receive capitation grant


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` Finding 2:-Only 7% of schools received capitation grant in January = 3 schools

-They received between Tsh 146 and Tsh 916 per student.

-Average is Tsh 517 per student, which is meager compare to Tsh 10,000

that should have reached them.

Also using MOFEA data-Treasury released Tsh 390 per student in January 2011

How-Tsh 546 million (MOFEA website) divide by 1,401,330

students in governmental schools (BEST 2010)


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` Finding 3:-As per SEDP project appraisal-July December 2010 there should

be 2 installments.

-Assuming that 2nd, 3rd and 4th installments are 20% each, July-

December should have been Tsh 10,000/-

-Since SEDP II started in July 2010, thus school should havereceived Tsh 10,000/- between July- December of 2010.

-Schools received Tsh 2,087 between July and December 2010.

- Two outliers received Tsh 18,000 and other four schools receivednothing


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` Government commitment to disburse 40% which is Tsh

10,000/- at the beginning of school year in 2011 was not

met.

` In July-December 2010 schools received only Tsh 2,087

which is less that Tsh 10,000/-

` Question of mechanism in place to disbursed full capitation

grant on time.


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Recommendations

` Responsible authorities -to look why this situation,

and address it urgently

` Authorities need to commit to be moretransparent-Some Head teachers refused to provideinformation.


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If we dont address these issues, SEDPIIpromise may not be realized

Students will continue to finish school without the basic

skills and competence to do well


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Thanks for listening

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