TARGET

Technical Assistance to Reinforce GEQIP Ethiopia

Ethiopia, 2019-2023, GEQIP-E; World Bank

The General Education Quality Improvement Program for Equity (GEQIP-E) programme assists the government of Ethiopia in improving internal efficiency, equitable access and quality in general education. Link delivered activities within TARGET, the technical assistance component of GEQIP-E, which supported improving school leadership.

Key facts

609,236
learners reached (270,658 female)
1,638
school leaders’ capacity developed (119 female)
4
School Leader CPD toolkits produced and shared with 9,000 school leaders
384
cluster supervisors’ capacity strengthened to deliver the toolkits and provide follow-up support

Competency assessment results show that the proportion of school leaders at the level of ‘competent leader’ or above rose from 15% to 74% in just three years

EDT TARGET overview
  • Developed four school leader continuous professional development toolkits with a focus on equity, inclusion and learning
  • Developed school leader capacity to engage school communities to support schools and marginalised learners, increase school resources and improve accountability
  • Trained cluster supervisors to train school leaders and provide mentoring and coaching support
  • Worked in partnership with four Regional Education Bureaus and embedded leadership monitoring and coaching practices at regional level
  • Empowered school leaders to select training content relevant to their needs, and keep a portfolio of progress and learning
I learned a lot from the four toolkits, for example, Toolkit 1 helped me on how to lead meetings; from Toolkit 2, I have got the necessary skills and knowledge on how to bring the community into school issues; Toolkit 3 enabled me to enrol, identify and support pupils who have special educational needs and or disabilities; Toolkit 4 helped me support teachers to improve the teaching learning process.
School leader at primary level