La Escuela es Nuestra
- P Project/Program
A Active
Key Information
La Escuela es Nuestra or School is Ours is a program that promotes the participation of school community under the creation of specialized school committees. The main objective is "through the School Committee for Participatory Administration, improve the conditions of physical infrastructure, equipment, and educational materials to support public educational institutions at the early childhood, preschool, primary, and secondary levels in their various modalities, as well as the learning communities of CONAFE (National Council for the Promotion of Education) for the benefit of girls, boys, and adolescents." In the rules of operation, the evaluation section specifically mentions that the General Directorate of "School is Ours" can create an internal evaluation procedure for the program, and that in these evaluations, "specific indicators must be incorporated to allow the evaluation of the incidence of budget programs on equality between women and men, the prevention of gender violence and of any form of discrimination based on gender, disability, ethnic origin, or other forms."
Lead Implementing Government(s)
Location(s)
Latin America & Caribbean
Mexico
Activity URL
Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated programYears
2019 - 2024
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
Ministry of Public Education (Secretaría de Educación Pública)Funder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
NationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Quality
- School facilities
- School quality
Cross-cutting areas
- Community sensitization
- Gender equality
Program participants
Other populations reached
- Fathers
- Mothers
- Teachers - female
- Teachers - male
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
- Extending school hours
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- Community-based monitoring (e.g. school report cards)
- School management committees
Facilities construction/improvement
- Construction/improvement of classrooms
- Construction/improvement of schools
Food/nutrition
- Community food production
Reducing economic barriers
- Vouchers/grants
Social/gender norms change
- Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Increased school completion (general)
- Increased school enrolment (general)
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- Improved critical consciousness
- Increased advocacy/civic engagement
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms