S-EDU1 - Schools Supported by Functional and CBOs

S-EDU1 - % (percentage) of schools that are supported by functional and active community-based organisations (CBOs), such as parent/teacher association, school management committee or similar school support network.

This indicator is meant to monitor the number of schools that are supported by functional, active, community-based school support organisations (e.g., school management committees, parent/teacher organisations, etc.) that contain sufficient numbers of representative members. This information is tracked at the primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school levels.

Definition of key concepts

• Functional and active community-based school-support organisations: local non-profit groups that work directly with schools to support their improvement. Examples include school management committees (SMCs) and parent-teacher associations (PTAs). The most common type of member of these community groups are parents or care-takers of students attending the school. An active and fully-functioning community-based school support organisation contains sufficient numbers of representative members, meets on a frequent basis (usually once per quarter), and takes decisions and actions that result in tangible improvements of a school.

Grades for organisation’s level of activity:

a.       HIGH – Organisation meets a minimum of 1 time per quarter and demonstrates at least one tangible decision result per meeting that impacts the improvement of the school

b.       MEDIUM – Organisation meets a minimum of 1 time per semester and demonstrates at least one tangible decision result per meeting that impacts the improvement of the school

c.        LOW – Organisation meets a minimum of 1 time per academic year and demonstrates at least one tangible decision result per meeting that impacts the improvement of the school

Instructions            

What we measure:

• Number of schools supported by functional and active CBOs.

• Total number of schools targeted/surveyed.

• Grade for level of each organisation’s activity: HIGH, MEDIUM or LOW

Who to measure:

• Data to be disaggregated by:

a.       School level (i.e., primary, lower secondary, upper secondary)

b.       Activity level of CBO, according to given definition (mandatory)

c.        Rural-urban (when relevant).

 How to measure:

• School survey and reports from CBOs.

• To be reported on at least annually.

Scoring

• (Number of schools graded as ’High’ + ’Medium’ as per level of activity above/Total number of schools surveyed) x 100