A Study on Effectiveness of Community Managed School

Project Description

The study has been carried out in national level. The study has covered 15 districts covering three ecological zones i.e. mountain, hill and terai (the sample districts include Sankhuwasabha, Ilam, Jhapa, Dolakha, Dhading, Parsa, Mustang, Palpa, Rupandehi, Jumla, Surkhet, Banke, Bajhang, Dadeldhura and Kanchanpur), which were selected on the basis of the criteria like coverage of three ecological zones, five development regions and at least 3 district from each development region.

Assignment Description

Selection of appropriate districts and schools based on the selection criteria given in TOR • Conduct literature reviews, review of past studies, tools and instruments • Develop study tools such as semi structured questionnaires, Focus Group Discussion guidelines, interview format/schedules, observation form, checklist etc. • Pretesting and refinement of the tools /instruments to be used for field investigation • Conduct the study as per TOR to meet the objective of the study that included; • Identification of evidences of new initiatives of the management committees in the improvements of both physical and learning environments of schools; • Assessment of the student performance in terms of learning achievements and behavioural changes; • Examining the transparency and accountability in view of accounting, auditing and reporting practices at school level, • Assessment of the role of school management committees in the capacity building of the stakeholders through orientation, community awareness campaigns and involvement of the stakeholders in SIP preparation. • Collection and analysis of data of students’ ‘enrolments, and retention, particularly those of disadvantaged groups such as girls, Dalits and others; • Comparing the efforts made by, and contributions of, the community managed schools vis-a-vis other community schools in respect of school management and instructional practices, student participation, physical and learning environments etc; • Identifying the community managed schools with best practices and the contributing factors; • Exploring and suggesting possible alternative school management modality more effective than the present one; and • Identifying major issues and challenges including appropriate measures to address them. • Submission of the draft report • Submission of the final report in the format specified in TOR