mereport-WorldBank.doc

ME DRAFT REPORT 1. Executive Summary 2.0 Background The Goal of BESPOR is the achievement of education for all within a balanced national poverty strategy. Its purpose is to enhance the capacity of DoSE to implement the strategy in and through the educator sector. A key priority to support its implementation is strengthening monitoring and evaluation (ME) systems and coordinating structures with DoSE. These will, in turn, support the establishment of a strong education sector programme and facilitate the monitoring BESPOR’s progress towards expected outcomes (purpose level) as defined in the logical framework analysis (LFA). Government/Sectoral Policy Monitoring and evaluation is guided by the draft 2004-2015 Education Policy which gives priority to basic education with a focus on increasing access, gender parity and quality of education. The policy in Section 11.5 gives the responsible for monitoring, support and supervision of teaching and learning at the school level to the Standards Quality Assurance Directorate (SQAD). Head Teachers are responsible for improving the performance output of both teachers and students with schools setting internal objectives, targets and strategies for quality improvement. Student assessment is based on learning achievement targets. This is discussed further in section 2.3 under situational analysis. At the regional and central levels, there are no clear policies on monitoring and evaluation of administration, finance, and knowledge management. At the institutional level, section 14.2.1 states that SQAD is responsible for “monitoring compliance of the Education Policy and its associated acts and regulations with all institutions operating in The Gambia”. In reality, reviews have taken place on an ad hoc and informal basis with Gambia College and seldom with other institutions. 2.2 Stakeholders and Beneficiaries A wide range of stakeholders are impacted on and/or by monitoring and evaluation processes and activities in the