Ensuring quality and financing of public primary education
- P Project/Program
? Activity Status: Unknown
Key Information
This programme targeted 40 public primary schools and learners in 8 municipalities through technical and financial support to education authorities and civil society organisations. The programme contributed to changing gender norms in education by: Increasing gender equality in access to quality
education in 8 municipalities; improving the quality of education and retention of girls and boys in 60 schools; improving the application of gender sensitive teaching methods to promote active citizenship with special emphasis on the promotion of girls’ participation, citizenship, and leadership; and the strengthening of various parent and mother associations with literacy and numeracy skills to enable them to better play their roles related to mobilisation, control and monitoring of education budgets, and thereby contribute to a more gender balanced participation in education governance and influence
on education financing.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Niger
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
Not applicable or unknown
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
Sub-nationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
Quality
- School quality
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Boys in school, Girls in school
Age
Not applicable or unknown
School Enrolment Status
All in school
School Level
- Lower primary
- Upper primary
Other populations reached
- Fathers
- Mothers
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- Community mobilization
- Parent Teacher Associations (PTA)
- Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments
Curriculum/learning
- Gender-sensitive curricula
Policy/legal environment
- Public-private partnerships
Social/gender norms change
- Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
- Literacy - in the classroom
- Numeracy - in the classroom
Women's empowerment programs
- Leadership training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Curricula, teaching and learning materials are free of gender-bias and stereotypes
- Education sector plans, budgets, policies, and data systems are more gender-equitable
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased primary school completion
- Increased school completion (general)
- Reduced absenteeism
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms