Annex H Implementation of other large education programmes

H.1 LANES

Table 52: LANES activities in 2014 and 2015

Overview 2014/15 to 2016/17 funded by Global Partnership for Education US$95m budget

Objectives

Expected outputs

Geographical coverage

Improved basic skills in literacy and numeracy for children aged 5-13 years

Improved teaching and learning; improved education sector management; increased community participation

14 regions for training1: Kagera, Mwanza, Geita, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Tanga, Manyara, Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Singida, Pwani, Rukwa, Katavi and Ruvuma; national for materials distribution

Training of 18,656 standards one and two teachers on the new 3Rs curriculum (9 days, centralised training model in Dodoma, delivered by TTC tutors)

Training of 10,870 head teachers, and 2,480 WECs in school leadership and management (3 days, regional training model, delivered by ADEM; 3 additional regions Iringa, Mbeya, Njombe)

Main activities in 2014 & 2015

Materials development and distribution to schools via these trainees of: standards 1&2 curriculum; std 1 syllabus; std 2 syllabus; stds1&2 teachers guide for reading/writing; stds 1&2 teachers guide for maths; school leadership and management guidelines (on general school management and 3Rs programme implementation)2

Materials development and procurement of (national distribution planned for 2016): 6 std 1 textbooks: reading, story book writing, maths, health, art & sports).

Production and distribution of Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) item analysis booklets for each of 8 subjects to regions and districts for forwarding to all schools

Sources: (i) MoEVT (2015) (ii) Interview with LANES National Co-ordinator (January 2015). Note: (1) The IE control districts are in the regions highlighted in italics. (2) BRN-Ed developed the general SLM guideline.