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The USAID/Community School Partnership Program

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Community- School                                                                                    Partnership Program   1.      Introduction The USAID/Community School Partnership Program (USIAD/CSPP) is a three years United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded and contract implemented by Save the Children (SC/US) in partnership with Tigray Development Association (TDA) and World Learning Inc. (WL). TDA is the leading implementing body in Tigray region.  USIAD/CSPP is expected to improve the quality of education provided in primary schools and increased use of key health services and products, while enhancing the coordination of education and primary health care at the school level and broadly in communities and students’ households. This program is designed to reach 150 schools in four zones of Tigray regional state: Northwest, Central, Eastern and southern. USAID/CSPP’s primary goal is to improve the education and health outcomes for children in 1800 targeted primary schools in Ethiopia including 150 in Tigray. CSPP’s program goals and intermediary results are indicated below: 2. CSPP Program Goals and Intermediary Results CSPP Program Goal 1: Enhanced quality and equity of primary education IR 1.1: Strengthened management and governance capacity of parents, school leaders and administrators IR 1.2: Improved capacity of teachers IR 1.3: Greater access to and retention of girls and children from disadvantaged groups… in basic education IR 1.4: Improved school environment to support teaching and learning CSPP Program Goal 2: Improved coordination of education and primary health care IR 2.1: Improved linkage between education and health stakeholders IR 2.2: Increased community participation in promoting health and education issues and services through stronger school to family and community linkages IR 2.3: Improved use of health and education data at school and community levels for decision making IR 1.4: Improved school environment to support teaching and learning   CSPP Program Goal 3: Increased use of key health services and products IR 3.1: Increased access to health services and products IR 3.2: Increased community awareness of key health services and practices IR 3.3: Improved policy environment relating to key health services 3. Program duration and budget  The program was commenced in the 13th of February 2008 and the completion date will be the 31st of December 2010. The total project cost for the three years period is USD 722,242.     4. Geographic Coverage of CSPP  The program is expected to reach 900,000 students and 200,000 households in the regions of: 1. Tigray—4 zones 16 weredas 2. Afar 3. Amhara 4. B. Gumuz 5. Gambela 6. Oromiya 7. SNNPR 8. Somali In Tigray region the program has four offices located at Mekelle, Maichew, Axum and Shire Endaselasie. The program is staffed by four zonal coordinators, one health officer, one training specialist, one finance officer and a regional coordinator. A driver and one vehicle augment activities of the project staff. In the target woredas, there are 17 School Development Coordinators who serve the program as woreda level contact persons and grassroots implementers. Overall, the program covers 4 zones, 16 woredas and 150 schools. The following table reveals names and number of target woredas and number of target schools in each woreda:                     Zone   Name of target woredas Number of target schools Northwest La’elay Adiabo 5   Asgede Tsimbla 9   Medebay Zana 9   Tahtay Koraro 15 Zonal Total 4 38 Central Tahtay Maichew 8   La’elay Maichew 9   Axum Town 5   Aduwa Geter 14   Aduwa Town 4 Zonal Total 5 40 Eastern Ganta Afeshum 6   S.T. Emba 14   Kilite Awla’elo 15 Zonal Total 3 35 Southern Maichew Town 4   Endamekoni 13   Korem Town 4   Ofla 16 Zonal Total 4 37 Regional Total 16 150     5. Who are Partners of CSPP? The name “community School partnership Program” implies the need for partnership between Community and school system. High community involvement- at all levels- is the driving force for the success of the program. To this effect, the following are major government and community partners of the program:   1.      Regional education bureau, Woreda Education offices, Tabia Education and Training Boards, School Management bodies and Parent Teacher Associations 2.      Regional Health Bureau, Woreda Health Offices, Tabia Health Facilities 3.      Regional Water Resource Bureau ,Woreda Water Resource Offices 4.      Parents and grassroots community   5.      CSPP Target beneficiaries The program overwhelmingly targets children at primary school level. Furthermore, the program directly or indirectly benefits the following groups: 1. Parent Teacher Associations and Tabia Education and Training Boards of all 150 target schools, 2. Girls’ education Advisory Committees and School Clubs 3. Teachers, Directors, Cluster Supervisors and Heath Extension Workers and 4. Communities . 6.      CSPP Implementation Strategies The program pursues -but not limited to- the following major implementing strategies in an endeavor of delivering the desired program outcomes: 1.      Capacity building to different stakeholders; 2.      Provision of a three phased School Incentive Awards ranging from Birr 10,500 to 13,000 to all 150 target schools; 3.      Promoting a sustainable focus on health, nutrition, safe water supply and sanitation; and 4.      Facilitating effective  links between schools and other stakeholders 7.      What is done so far? USAID/CSPP has implemented a cascaded model of training in three levels. First and foremost, USAID/CSPP staff became master trainers. They in turn trained School Development Coordinators, Woreda Health Coordinators and Woreda Education supervisors at a session commonly known by the program as “Level 1 Training”. These groups of trainees in turn trained School Directors, Health Extension Workers and active teachers drawn from every target school. This is referred to as “Level 2 Training”. The last cascaded training- otherwise called Third Level Training- took place at each school. The participants were members of: Parent Teacher Association; Girls’ Education Advisory Committee; Tabia Education and Training Board. Also Club Leaders, Health Network members, community representatives and all teachers of the target schools were among the participants of level 3 training. The successive trainings took place in 16 woredas and 150 target schools.  The following table gives number of trainees in each levels of training throughout the region: Level of training Number of trainees Level 1 45 Level 2 430 Level 3 5,490 Total 5,965         8.      Program Deliverables The key outputs that the CSPP is expected to deliver to respective target schools up on the program completion are: 1.      Share of girls enrollment in the target schools increased to 49.5%; 2.      Dropout rate of girls in target schools reduced by 6 Percent point(taking 2006/07 academic year as a base year); 3.      Percentage of children surviving to Grade 5 in target schools increased to 70%; 4.      Community committees that promote health education and communication for health mobilization services established in all target schools; 5.      At least one extra session per week devoted to health education in all target schools; 6.      Data collection system for health and education established and become functional in all target schools; 7.      All children in target schools fully immunized; 8.      At least 5 persons from each target school trained in family planning and reproductive health; 9.      All target schools linked to active de-worming program; 10.  Percentage of schools with school gardens increased to 60% of the target schools; 11. Percentage of schools with segregated latrines for boys and girls increased to 100% of the target schools; 12. Percentage of schools with potable water increased to 70% of the target schools; 13.  Percentage of schools with hand washing facilities near latrines increased to 100% of the target schools.

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