Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
For The Planning Phase Of A Civil-society Assessment Of Learning In Senegal
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Amount$389,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/30/2011
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
The Quality Education in Developing Countries (QEDC) initiative has funded civil society assessments of children’s learning in India, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Mali. This has proven a powerful approach to raising awareness of the learning crisis in these countries. This planning grant would lay the groundwork for a similar exercise in Senegal, a country with a proud history of education that now is failing its children in schools. We recommend a grant to the Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, with the work to be carried out by the Research Laboratory on Economic and Social Transformations (Laboratoire de Recherche sur Les Transformations Economiques et Sociales de l’IFAN (LARTES/IFAN)). It is the government’s research partner of choice in the social sectors, yet prides itself on sound research practice and speaking truth to power. Civil society groups would partner in directing and implementing the project.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.lartes-ifan.org
Address
P.O. Box 45550, Dakar-Fann, Senegal
Grants to this Grantee
for the organization of the People's Action for Learning Network 2016 meeting
The Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar manages a citizen-led assessment of learning in Senegal known as Jangandoo. This Presidential Discretionary grant will support the next annual meeting of Hewlett Foundation grantees and other civil society organizations that are implementing citizen-led assessments across nine countries. The meeting will be held in March 2016 in Dakar, to be organized and hosted by the Jangandoo team.
for continuation of the citizen-led assessments of learning in Senegal
The Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar’s Jangandoo program supports a citizen-led, household-based assessment of children’s learning in Senegal. This grant would allow Jangandoo to communicate assessment results, analytical reports, and policy briefs through an action research and advocacy campaign that will inform citizens and policymakers about children’s learning status and promote action for improved learning.
for continuation of the citizen-led assessments of learning in Senegal
The Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar’s Jangandoo program supports a network of civil society organizations to implement a citizen-led, household-based assessment of children’s learning in Senegal. This grant will allow Jangandoo to continue and expand work at the sub-national level to enable local Ministry of Education officials, school communities, and civic groups and associations to use the assessment results to plan and implement pedagogical and social action interventions that will support improved learning for those children who are furthest behind. Jangandoo will also continue its national-level policy advocacy to ensure that the government continues to prioritize education system-level change to improve learning.
