EDU Q-card

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The EDU Q-card is a tool which puts schools at the centre of quality education. It enables the assessment of education provided, pinpointing areas where quality can be improved. EDU Q-card works in conjunction with Edukans to offer targeted advice and support to schools and/or government to ensure that the outcomes of assessments are properly evaluated and improvements made which will lead to a higher quality of education. The EDU Q-card is a means of assessing the quality of education being provided and of giving control over the process back to schools. The EDU Q-card evaluates five crucial areas of good education in order to achieve better learning outcomes. The following factors are key to achieving lasting success a safe and inclusive learning environment, efficient and effective learning activities; well-trained teachers; professional school management; parents and community engagement. The success of the EDU Q-card depends on direct support and training. Edukans and its partners in the focus countries offer support and training to end users such as school inspectors, PTC Tutors, Quality Assurance Officers and Curriculum Support Officers. Refresher courses – both for content and technical aspects – are a standard part of the EDU Q-card.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Suriname

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

SHAAN Creations International; Stichting Onderwijs der EBGS; BeatonConsulting; UNICEF Suriname

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion

Quality

  • School quality
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Other academic performance-related

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Pre-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
  • Pre-service teacher training – pedagogy general

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased secondary school completion

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms