This evaluation project serves formative purposes. Therefore, the primary purpose of the evaluation is supporting the most important actors who are involved in the design, implementation and monitoring of the inclusive education policy. Especially, the evaluation intends to support reflection on the implementation process, and to identify the necessary interventions in order to ensure that the original goals of the policy are effectively served.
The formative evaluation serves multiple goals:
• It should inform policy makers – especially the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (hereafter: MoESTD) – and the major stakeholder groups about the extent to which the original goals of the inclusion policy have been met in the course of implementation so far;
• It should identify the risks, challenges, obstacles and possible problems emerged in the course of implementation that may call for interventions or corrections;
• It should identify further development needs at all levels and in all relevant institutions involved in the implementation of the inclusion policy in order to inform donor coordination and the planning of donor activities;
• It should identify those activities that have the potential of improving the work of all actors if shared and scaled-up;
• It should promote the professional discourse on educational inclusion, as well as the exchange and discussion among various stakeholders.
The Terms of Reference sets five evaluation objectives: (1) assessing relevance, (2) assessing effectiveness, (3) assessing sustainability, (4) assessing impact and (5) assessing efficiency. In addition to these main objectives the TOR determines three key cross-cutting issues. These are: the contribution of the measures to the promotion of child rights, the extent to which an equity focus is ensured and the reflection on gender mainstreaming issues.
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Joint | No |
Partner/s | N/A |
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Agency Focal Point | Lovemore Mhuriyengwe |
Focal Point Email | lmhuriyengwe@unicef.org |
Managed by Independent Evaluation Office | No |
Geographic Scope | Country |
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