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EDUCATION SECTOR ANNUAL REVIEW (ESAR) - 2008

EDUCATION SECTOR ANNUAL REVIEW (ESAR) - 2008. QUALITY GROUP PRESENTATION JUN. 19, 2008. PRESENTATION GUIDE. Learning Achievements Pedagogy and testing instruments Time on task – monitoring The school environment Revision of PTR norms. Quality Group Issue One: Learning Achievement.

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EDUCATION SECTOR ANNUAL REVIEW (ESAR) - 2008

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  1. EDUCATION SECTOR ANNUAL REVIEW (ESAR) - 2008 QUALITY GROUP PRESENTATION JUN. 19, 2008

  2. PRESENTATION GUIDE • Learning Achievements • Pedagogy and testing instruments • Time on task – monitoring • The school environment • Revision of PTR norms

  3. Quality GroupIssue One: Learning Achievement • Introduction: Head Teachers play a central role in supporting classroom teachers, to provide quality instruction and ensure high achievements of pupils. • Recommendation: GES should improve the criteria for selection, and institute effective training and monitoring system for Head teachers.

  4. Quality GroupIssue One: Learning Achievement Activity 1: Identify performing teachers with potential leadership skills to be heads of schools. (Less emphasis should be put on seniority as a major determinant of the headship position) Body Responsible: DDE Time Frame: Starting Sept. 2008 Means of Verification: Appraisal Report, District Performance Report. Preliminary Costing: No financial Costs

  5. Quality GroupIssue One: Learning Achievement Activity 2: Institute intensive management courses for heads Body Responsible: DDE Time Frame: Starting October 2008 Means of Verification: Training Report, Training Guidelines District Performance Report. Preliminary Costing: GH¢1,500,000 (GH¢50,000 per head for 15,000 heads)

  6. Quality GroupIssue One: Learning Achievement Activity 3: Identify model Head teachers and other resource persons to be used in facilitating the training for the heads Body Responsible: DDE Time Frame: September 2008 Means of Verification: List of resource persons (including performing heads), Criteria for selection, Training report Preliminary Costing: No financial cost

  7. Quality GroupIssue One: Learning Achievement Activity 4: Increase significantly (progressively) the responsibility allowances of Head teachers. Body Responsible: GES Time Frame: Jan. 2009 Means of Verification: Budget Preliminary Costing: GH¢30,000 (GH¢2.00 per head for 15,000 heads)

  8. Quality GroupIssue Two: Pedagogy & Testing Instruments Introduction: Test scores remains a very good indicator for measuring quality therefore it is important that the testing instruments are reliable and valid and scores well analyzed to inform classroom teaching and learning Recommendation:Test items (classroom & WAEC) should be made more challenging overtime to cover at least the three levels of profile dimension (recall, understanding, and application) and analysis of the results should be made more comprehensible for use by teacher trainers (pre-service and school-based INSET), teachers and parents. The analysis should form the basis for SPAM which should be a compulsory activity included in the SPIP.

  9. Quality GroupIssue Two: Pedagogy & Testing Instruments Activity 1: Train teachers and headteachers through school-based INSET) in the detail analysis of questions and test scores Body Responsible: District, CRDD, WAEC, TTC Time Frame: Starting August 2008 Means of Verification: Training Report, record of analysis of test scores, District Performance Report Preliminary Costing: No financial cost

  10. Quality GroupIssue Two: Pedagogy & Testing Instruments Activity 3: Analyze test scores of BECE, NEA, SEA for presentation during SPAM Body Responsible: Head teachers, teachers Time Frame: Sep. 2008 Means of Verification: Report on the analysis of test results; District annual performance reports Preliminary Costing: No financial costing

  11. Quality GroupIssue Two: Pedagogy & Testing Instruments Activity 4: Conduct School-based SPAM based on test results analysis Body Responsible: Head teachers, SMCs Time Frame: November 2008 Means of Verification: SPAM Report, District Performance Report Preliminary Costing: No financial cost

  12. Quality GroupIssue Three: Time on Task Introduction: Teacher absenteeism is a serious practice affecting quality education. A number of causes could be assigned and categorized into three groups: professional excuses (e.g. qualifications upgrade) personal excuses (e.g. funerals) unprofessional behaviour (e.g. tardiness, drunkenness, laziness) Recommendation:Teacher absenteeism should be properly monitored and noted. Appropriate interventions should be put in place while appropriate sanctions applied.

  13. Quality GroupIssue Three: Time on Task Activity 1: Ensure that local plans are always in place to take care of official absences and ensure appropriate replacement of absentee teachers. Body Responsible: DDE, Head teachers Time Frame: Starting Sept. 2008 Means of Verification: Headteachers’ report, District Performance report, Preliminary Costing: No financial cost

  14. Quality GroupIssue Three: Time on Task Activity 2: Build capacity of DDEs, CSs & Head teachers to collect and analyze data on Time on Task Body Responsible: DG & RDEs Time Frame: September 2008 Means of Verification: Training Reports Preliminary Costing: GH¢408,000

  15. Quality GroupIssue Three: Time on Task Activity 3: Ensure that Universities’ sandwich/distance education programmes are aligned with GES holidays schedule Body Responsible: MOESS Time Frame: October 2008 Means of Verification: University Revised Sandwich/DE Schedule Preliminary Costing: No financial cost

  16. Quality GroupIssue Three: Time on Task Activity 4: Monitor, build dossier and apply sanctions on unexcused teacher absentees. Body Responsible: DDEs, Circuit Supervisors, Head Teachers Time Frame: Starting Sep. 2008 Means of Verification: Head teachers Report, CS Report, District Performance Report Preliminary Costing: No financial cost

  17. Quality GroupIssue Four: School Environment Introduction:Safe and child-friendly school environment is characterized by a conducive physical and psycho-social environment (absence of physical and verbal abuses) and high professional ethics on the part of education providers leading to quality teaching and learning. Recommendation: All schools must become a safe and child-friendly place for teaching and learning.

  18. Quality GroupIssue Four: School Environment Activity 1: Develop standards for safe and child friendly school environment. Body Responsible: GES Time Frame: Sept. 2008 Means of Verification: Standards Document Preliminary Costing: GH¢100,000

  19. Quality GroupIssue Four: School Environment Activity 2: Remove ‘corporal punishment’ from code of conduct and other manuals and define alternative positive disciplinary measures Body Responsible: MOESS/GES Time Frame: Sept. 2008 – Jan. 2009 Means of Verification: Revised conditions of service, circulars, manuals Preliminary Costing: GH¢100,000

  20. Issue Four: School Environment • Activity 3: Enforce sanctions on child defilement and rape. • Body Responsible: DAs/GES/Police • Time Frame: As and when applicable • Means of Verification: Evidential reports, Circulars • Preliminary Costing: No financial costs

  21. Quality GroupIssue Four: School Environment Activity 4: Ensure strong links of new standards to teacher pre-service and in-service training. Body Responsible: TED/GES Time Frame: Jan. 2009 – March 2009 Means of Verification: Teacher Training Manuals Preliminary Costing: GH¢10,000

  22. Quality GroupIssue Five: Revision of PTR Norms Introduction:PTR is an important quality indicator. Werecognize extreme regional disparities due to inequitable teacher deployment. Recommendation:Extensive study of the cost and benefit of changing the PTR norm should be undertaken and any financial gains arising from a potential increase of the PTR norm, must be channelled back to the classroom to improve teaching/learning resources.

  23. Quality GroupIssue Five: Revision of PTR Norms Activity 1: Engage a consultant to undertake analytical study of the cost benefit of PTR review Body Responsible: MOESS/DPs Time Frame: Oct 2008 – Dec. 2008 Means of Verification: Final Report of Study Preliminary Costing: GH¢50,000

  24. Quality GroupIssue Five: Revision of PTR Norms • Activity 2: Enforce the deployment of all newly trained teachers to start off from the rural areas • Body Responsible: GES • Time Frame: Aug. 2008 • Means of Verification: Circulars, Posting Report • Preliminary Costing: No financial cost

  25. Quality GroupIssue Five: Revision of PTR Norms Activity 2: Plan and budget for the study of the review of PTR norms Body Responsible: MOESS/GES Time Frame: August/Sep. 2008 Means of Verification: Budget Book Preliminary Costing: No financial costs

  26. CONCLUSION All providers of education should be result- oriented to ensure quality education in Ghanaian Schools Thank You

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