VSO RWANDAThree Strategic Programme Priorities:

•Quality Basic Education (Primary & Early Years)

•Social Inclusion & Governance (focusing on disability, women)

•Livelihoods & Youth Development (agriculture, market skills)

Responding to: •7 years Government Programme, Vision 2020, MDGs, and Sector Priorities

Quality Basic Education (Primary & Early Years)

ESSP articulates that Quality has been declining, due in a large part to low calibre teaching staff and therefore, the government is designing intensive teacher training programs.

All Children accessing quality education

How VSO is helping...

• Education Programme focusses on supporting the government to improve the quality of education

• Strong advocacy voice on quality• Provides a link between national level (government)

and grass roots level (volunteer experiences feeds up to government / donors)

• Currently working with 17 districts

Projects in VSO Education:

Inclusive Services through Participation of stakeholders for realizing Rights in Education & Disability (INSPIRED!)

Achieving Learning Outcomes for All (ALOA)

Literacy Learning & Languages (L3)

Emergent Literacy and Maths Initiative (ELMI)

Enhancing Quality of Early-Childhood Education in Rwanda

Major focus is on measuring impact in all projects

Improving skills of primary school teachers in using LCM and

developing teaching aids at pre-service and in-service levels;

building effective leadership skills of head teachers

What impact do we aim to make?

Improve the delivery of quality services for children in basic

education and people living with disabilities

focusing on inclusive, learner-centred mainstream education and

models of good practice in SNE

Measuring impact in all projects (Cont’d)

What impact do we aim to make?

Through the ALOA project, DFID, VSO and its partners are

aiming to:

Measure how the work that volunteers do through training

teachers on learner centred methods and school leadership

have impact on children’s learning.

Basically, we aim to answer the following questions:

Does better school leadership and ‘child centered’ teaching lead to

better learning outcomes for children?

GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF INTERVENTION

Bugesera: Kamabuye Musenyi, Ntarama and Juru Burera: Rugarama, Ruhondo Rwerere and BungweGisagara: Mogombwa, Ndora Musha and MambaKarongi: Rugabano, Gashari, Rwankuba and GitesiMuhanga: Kibangu, Kiyumba, Rugendabari and

MushishiroNgoma: Gashanda Mutenderi, Karembo and

RukumberiNyamagabe: Tare, Uwinkingi, Cyanika and GasakaNyamasheke: Ruharambuga, Kagano, Gihombo and

Bushenge Rulindo: Kisaro Ntarabana Masoro and Murambi

Literacy, Language and Learning – L3A five year program financed by the USAID and implemented by the Education Development Center(EDC), with technical assistance from VSO Volunteers, Concern Worldwide (CW) and International Educational Exchange (IEE).

Working with the URCE and 13 affiliated TTCs to ensure that Student teachers leave Teacher Training Colleges with skills in using LCM in Primary school level with the ultimate goal of:Strengthening teaching and learning so that children leave primary school with solid literacy/numeracy skills in P1 to P4.

INSPIRED! Project LocationsTMA’s and ELA’s in:

GicumbiMusanzeNgororeroNyagatareNyaruguruRwamaganaRubavuRusizi

MRA and LNAs in:TTC Byumba (Gicumbi)TTC Cyahinda (Nyaruguru)TTC Gacuba (Rubavu)TTC Matimba (Nyagatare)TTC Mbuga (Nyamagabe)TTC Muhanga (Muhanga)TTC Muramba (Ngororero)TTC Mururu (Rusizi)TTC Save (Gisagara)TTC Zaza (Ngoma)

MRA (cont’d)TTC Rubengera (Karongi)TTC Bicumbi (Rwamagana)TTC Kirambo (Burera)

Disability rightsKigali cityMusanzeNgororeroNyanzaNyagatareNgomaKicukiro

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Strong focus on Monitoring and Evaluation

The Logical Frameworks (or ‘logframes’) contain indicators, milestones and ultimate targets.

Common tools•Volunteer monthly reports; volunteer time sheets

•Case studies

•Photos and videos

•Training participation lists and ‘before and after’ assessments

•Annual Partnership Reviews

•Field visits by VSO staff

•Online system for data and information management

Livelihoods & Youth Development

Programme: Support market-relevant skills development of youth including people with disability and women particularly on TVETs.Promote sustainable and attractive agriculture for young people including people with disability and women

Advocacy: Youth Policy development with MoY-ICT (under review) and National Volunteering Policy Promote and build capacity of national volunteers

Reach: 15,000 young people, women and others

Social Inclusion & Governance

Programme: Democratic participation of PWDs in development planning and monitoring at national and local level.Promoting and capacity building of organisations and networks of people with disabilities (PWDs) to facilitate PWDs’ access to state entitlements and servicesEconomic empowerment of cooperatives with PWDs and women members

Advocacy: Disability as a cross-cutting issue under EDPRS II, implementation of NCPD Strategic Plan, Rwanda Sign Language

Reach: 13,000 - primarily people with disability

Thank you!

MURAKOZE

Thank you!

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