VSO RWANDA Three 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 Effective school leadership Inclusive learner centered methods of teaching Teaching resource development Improved literacy and numeracy levels ECE

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

What impact do we aim to make? 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 Our activities in SNE include: Models of good practice in education of Deaf children and children with intellectual disability, including the promotion of a digital teaching aid and accompanying curriculum, dialogues and games for teaching sign language. Key activity is also the production of the next RSL dictionary working with NCPD and RNUD.

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 Bungwe Gisagara: Mogombwa, Ndora Musha and Mamba Karongi: Rugabano, Gashari, Rwankuba and Gitesi Muhanga: Kibangu, Kiyumba, Rugendabari and Mushishiro Ngoma: Gashanda Mutenderi, Karembo and Rukumberi Nyamagabe: Tare, Uwinkingi, Cyanika and Gasaka Nyamasheke: Ruharambuga, Kagano, Gihombo and Bushenge Rulindo: Kisaro Ntarabana Masoro and Murambi 9 Districts 3 comparator sectors per district 3 intervention sectors per district 5 schools per sector (about) 2 teachers per school Head teachers

Literacy, Language and Learning – L3 A 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 Locations TMA’s and ELA’s in: Gicumbi Musanze Ngororero Nyagatare Nyaruguru Rwamagana Rubavu Rusizi 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 rights Kigali city Musanze Ngororero Nyanza Nyagatare Ngoma Kicukiro Activities in disability rights include: Technical and financial support to 23 civil society organizations, schools and centres and central and local government (central government support through NCPD) TAs have skills in organisational development (including project management and fundraising), advocacy,, and specialist skills inclusion Sign Language, social work, occupational therapy and working with Blind people.

= 13 TTC INSPIRED! ALOA INSPIRED! INSPIRED! ALOA INSPIRED! INSPIRED!

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 services Economic 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 We work at national and local government level to try to ensure PWDs are included in the development process, including through the Sector Working Groups and with the NCPD at national level, and at local level through the District Disability Officers and NCPD local officials. We work in partnership with local organisatons to build their capacity to be active and legitimate representative bodies also able to offer specialist services to their members and constituents We are increasingly working to strengthen local cooperatives that include PWD and women.

Any questions, comments ??? Thank you! Any questions, comments ??? Thank you! MURAKOZE