Quality Improvement in Primary Schools (QUIPS) Project
TMG evaluated the impact of USAID basic education projects (QUIPS Performance Monitoring and Evaluation contract) being implemented by AED and the Education Development Center (EDC).
TMG
TMG evaluated the impact of USAID basic education projects (QUIPS Performance Monitoring and Evaluation contract) being implemented by AED and the Education Development Center (EDC).
TMG developed a series of management and training modules in both French and English. TMG strengthened and sharpened the management skills and capabilities of managers and supervisors by addressing basic principles of management, such as leadership, supervision, ethics, staff motivation, decision making, and planning.
TMG completed five years of educational reform work, with an emphasis on the curriculum at the Junior Secondary level, but also including educational planning, the development of Molepolole College of Education to train Junior Secondary teachers, and capacity building in the Departments of Secondary and Teacher Education to in-service teachers and administrators.
Continuing efforts to cast the Africa Development Group’s operational and programming activities in a longer term context, TMG assessed key development challenges facing the Continent. TMG focused on taking a pro-active stance in regards to AfDB’s role in Africa’s development efforts and situated AfDB’s future actions in the context of the current and prospective challenges of the Continent.
TMG performed an evaluation of Pathfinder International/Ethiopia’s (PI/E) reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP) performance under two agreements: the RH/FP Project and the Extended Service Delivery (ESD) project.
TMG assessed the current design and implementation of TAPR II and to recommend changes, if any, that would strengthen the support provided by TAPR II to the Government of Egypt’s (GOE) economic reform program; improve the focus and timeliness of technical assistance being provided; and sharpen the internal management.
Objectives of this project were to decentralize action to improve the quality of education at the zone, cluster, and school levels.
Addressing the need to improve primary education overall and widely held attitudes which placed a low value on the education of girls, TMG increased allocations of the total Government of Malawi budget to the education sector and the primary sub-sector.
TMG strengthened local support represented by the Nigeria Opportunities Industrialization Centers (NOIC) by increasing the number of qualified and trained management staff and upgrading supportive equipment and facilities.
TMG supported efforts to provide quality basic education on an equitable and expanded basis by developing a regionally focused integrated family health program and building upon reform efforts to reduce governance constraints in the education and health sectors and demand transparency and accountability from the government.