Education Quality Improvement
To support schools in creating safe, child-friendly, inclusive, gender-responsive, culturally relevant, and technology-enabled learning environments.
Key Achievements
- Supported 135 primary schools through infrastructure development and improved learning environments, benefiting over 259,413 students (52% girls).
- Integrated ICT-enabled learning systems in 18 primary schools.
- Supported girls’ retention, completion, and transition to tertiary education in 12 secondary schools, benefiting more than 13,350 girls through educational support and advocacy against harmful traditional practices.
- Trained 1,297 teachers (53% female) through continuous professional development initiatives.
- Institutionalized the Gender-Safe School Bill in Amhara Region and expanded the initiative to Sidama, Oromia, Tigray, and Afar Regions.
- Piloted and scaled Green School and Green Community initiatives across 18 primary schools and communities, benefiting over 54,400 students and families.
Approach
ESD implements need-based education quality interventions, including improving school facilities (classrooms, libraries, laboratories, pedagogical resource centers, sports fields, and school compounds). We also enhance the capacity of teachers and school leaders through continuous professional development and leadership training, and support co-curricular activities, child protection, and gender-responsive facilities such as menstrual hygiene management (MHM) rooms and separate WASH facilities.
Target Beneficiaries
- Primary and secondary school students
- Teachers and school staff
- Parents and local education committees
- Elders and religious leaders
Key Areas of Intervention
- School Infrastructure and facility improvement
- Safe, Inclusive, Child-friendly and Gender-Responsive Learning Environments
- Teacher Professional Development and School Leadership
- Child Protection and Safeguarding
- School WASH
- Green-schools and Green Communities
- Intercultural Education
- Digital Learning and ICT Integration
Cross-Cutting Priorities
The following cross-cutting priorities are integrated across all ESD program pillars to ensure quality, sustainability, and accountable delivery:
- Inclusion and diversity
- Localization and policy advocacy