1. AFRICA CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PROJECT Project Status & Results
L’Etat du Projet et Résultats
Adeline Addy, M&E Officer, AAU
13th Project Steering Committee Meeting
November 1, 2018, Accra, Ghana

2. CUMULATIVE PROJECT PDO RESULTS
 Disbursement-linked Indicators (DLIs)
Jan – Sept 2018 Actual Results
2018 Cumulative Results
End Target
PAD
Progress to Project End Targets
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES (PDO)
Total Students
4,520
21,286
15,600
ACHIEVED
Regional Students
1,548
6,976
8,900
78%
Accreditation 30
173 15
Internships
1,090
3,921
5,900
47%
External Revenue
$5,301,982.00
36,043,480
$8,000,000
INTERMEDIATE RESULTS
Faculty Trained
443
2,821
900
New/Revised Curricula 16
211 60
Research Publications
324
2,015
1,331
New Partnerships
117
447
170
Project Meetings
149
889
120
Global overview of PDO achievements as at September Six out of the 10 indicator targets have been achieved and even exceeded in some cases. Accreditation and New/Revised Curricula are on track with results exceeding the 80% mark. Internships and External Revenue are still below the 50% mark.

3. STUDENT ENROLLMENT

4. STUDENT ENROLLMENT (2014 – 2018)
Overall total enrolment increased by approx. 5,000 over the last year and the trend is also reflected in enrolllment for the various courses Figures represent results for 9 months only. It is therefore expected that they may increase further by close of the year.

5. ENROLLMENT BY COURSE PER ACE
(2014 – 2018)
This graph shows the performance per ACE at PhD level. 8 ACEs exceeded the average PhD enrolment of 93 students with CEA-SMA (Benin) enrolling above 200 PhDs over the entire project life. 14 out of 22 ACEs performed below average and therefore the need to push for higher enrolment at the PhD level. We however note that centres have put in place strategies to address this. ENSEA for example has just introduced its first PhD programme. We are likely tot see the numbers increase by early 2019.

6. ENROLLMENT BY COURSE PER ACE
(2014 – 2018)
At Masters level, again we have 8 ACEs exceeding the average enrolment of 392 students with CEA-2iE (Burkina Faso) enrolling over 1,500 Masters since the startb of the project. CEA-MITIC (Senegal) and CEA-CETIC (Cameroon) follow with approximately 1000 students. However, the majority of the centres performed below average. We note here that we are yet to receive the 2018 reports for the last three centres, namely, CEA-CCBAD, ACEGID and WACCI so we can expect an increase in the numbers by our next meeting.

7. STUDENT INTERNSHIPS & FACULTY OUTREACH
(2014 – 2018)
Internships have generally seen an upward trend since the start of the project. For the period January – September 2018, we see a slight decrease but this is because it’s the result for a nine-month period while that for the preceding periods are for a full year

8. STUDENT INTERNSHIPS & FACULTY OUTREACH
(2014 – 2018)
This graph shows internships is a challenge as only 5 out of the 22 ACEs are above the average of 178 Internships and outreaches. For many of the centres, availability of relevant industries has been the challenge.

9. QUALITY EDUCATION & RESEARCH
12 Education Programmes internationally accredited
AQAS: 6 Programmes
WACCI (1)
KNUST (5)
HCERES: 6 Programmes
CEA-SAMEF (4)
CEA-SMA (2)
For 2017 most accreditations obtained were national. In 2018, we have more international accreditations – an increase from 14% to 40%. Similarly, Gap/Self-Assessments incrased significantly from 6% to 40%

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11. M&E FOR VERIFICATION

12. DIGITIZATION OF ACE REPORTING
Preserve ACE 1 data and information beyond the project life.
Simplify the role of data collection.
Facilitate data analysis and verification
Learn from this process

13. Reports submission – annual report and indicator files
PROGRESS & NEXT STEPS
Capturing ACE details, details of universities hosting ACES, contacts information at the ACE and host university and ACE Programmes
Reports submission – annual report and indicator files
Uploaded all the following ACE Reports : 2014/2015; 2016 and 2017
Cleaning up of data – Nov./December 2018
Pilot of the system in December 2018

14. M&E FOR VERIFICATION DLRs ACTIVITIES NEXT STEPS
2.1 – (Enrolment & Internships)
Verification completed and letters issued 1 month following the ACE I Ouagadougou Workshop
JAN – MAR 2019
Verification
2.5
(Accreditation)
Results verified on demand and letters issued immediately
ON DEMAND
2.6 (Research Publications)
Verification completed by August and letters issued in October
2.7 (External Revenue)
2.8 (Teaching & Learning Environment)
Results verified for 12 ACEs in April, June & September and letters issued immediately
DECEMBER 2018 – Every quarter 2019
3 & 4 (Financial Management & Procurement)
Verification completed and letters issued in October
AUGUST 2019

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