Our Successes
We focus on transforming teachers, learners, policy makers and systems to improve education quality and learner outcomes.
Focus: The EDU Q-Card: A Quality Improvement Tool
EDU Q-Card is a tool developed by EDUKANS used in school inspections to assess quality of the learning. It explores 5 domains five domains: the learning environment, the learner, the teaching, school management and the community.
What is the value of using EDU Q-card?
“This is a very good innovation in our system because it helps in supervision for the teacher, school administration, the learner community and parent.”
“It helps all the parties to become so creative, think critically and facilitate discovery especially the learners.”
John Sakaya, is the Center Coordinating Tutor, Nakaseke District. He is in charge of 40 aided government schools and he led the trial of the EDU Q-card in 5 schools.
He says: “EDU Q-card is a simplified tool which is user friendly. It has narrowed the gap between the supervisors of the mentors and the teachers because it deals with those aspects which are within the day to day operations; their work is made easy.”
View video testimonials about the EDU Q-card
Sam Mbangire, District Inspector of Schools, Nakasongola
Olive Lunyolo, Senior Inspector, Directorate of Education Standards:
Programming Successes
Increasing access to quality basic education
Through coaching and mentorship of teachers on participatory teaching methods we support the increase of literacy levels and the continual use by teachers of participatory teaching methods
We are promoting management of menstrual hygiene by supporting teachers to cascade training in making re-useable sanitary pads to children. This is helping to keep girls in school.
Child-led learning is continually facilitated through school competitions and dramas which built learner confidence and improved their numeracy and literacy abilities
In prevention of violence we equip communities and policy and advocacy activities with Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) and Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development (MGLSD), media activities and IEC communication materials development.
Building teacher effectiveness
We are empowering teachers with skills in participatory teaching methods and development of age appropriate non book teaching/ learning materials for literacy and numeracy
We developed an Effective Participatory Teaching and Learning Manual to guide implementers interested in learning from our best practices
Effective community involvement in promotion of quality basic education
We connected teachers with communities in activities like making of reusable menstrual pads to encourage girl children to stay in school; active engagement of parents in monitoring school performance all of which led to greater ownership of learner outcomes. For example, parents and caregivers are now investing in schools by contributing to infrastructure developments and clearing of unsafe areas as well as planning to mitigate climate-related disasters.
Increased access and quality skills provision
We are increasing youth employment by providing appropriate tools like sewing machines, welding machines, carpentry machines in addition to providing scholarships ELECU is also linking youth enterprises to entrepreneurship training to boost their business management skills.
