Building Girls to Live, Learn, Laugh and ‘SCHIP’ in Strong, Creative, Holistic, Inclusive, Protective, Quality Education

This project works through a number of CRANE’s partner organisations which are largely based in the Central Region of Uganda. The project does not manage any schools but provides a wide range of activities that support schools in management and teaching and child protection. The project provides support, at the national level, to the Ministry of Education (MoES). Key components of the project include Mentors, Creative Learning Centres, Learning Support Teachers, and a capacity-strengthening program in school management called the Quality Improvement System (QIS). Mentors live in the communities where project schools are located. Mentors were responsible for the initial recruitment of girls considered likely to fail in education during the first phase of the project. Creative Learning Centres (CLCs) provide high-quality teaching that helps the selected Girls to go into or continue in mainstream school. The project provides support to over 50 different schools which includes Learning Support Teachers who provide targeted teaching and teacher training. The Quality Improvement System (QIS) covers six different areas in school management. Improvements in management performance are checked by Viva and CRANE school visits and validated by external assessors. The project supports the MoES in assessments of special education needs and has helped create an assessment centre in Kampala. It has also been pioneering an improved system for school inspections.