The project evaluation team came across the same evidences of contribution of the project towards enhancing the quality of education. In addition to the confirmation by Ayele Shomboro, Gomboro woreda supervisor on improved quality of education that the projects introduced, Tarekegn Tadesse, Principal, Danmera, Primary school added the following “Our students were the best wherever they went. At Gombora woreda level our school stood first in academic performance and was awarded for providing good quality education. We believe that the training given to teachers on active learning and the provision of inputs for educational provisions by LIA-E are the major factors as most of the schools that competed with us did not have project support” Fig. 2. Has the academic performance of children in the project schools improved? YES NO NO IDEA A great majority of them (96.6%) expressed that the academic performance of children has improved in the project schools. Only 03.3% of the responding teachers had no idea if improvements in academic performances have occurred. It is generally believed that when the quality of education is good and the learning environment is suitable, children are likely to reduce absenteeism, repeating classes and dropping out from school unless forced by other factors. In the views of WEO heads, experts, supervisors and school principals in all the project woredas of the three partner NGOs of Kinderpsotzegels, there are low dropout rates and very limited absenteeism in the project schools. According to Aklilu G/Michael, Director of LIA-E, the provision of quality education is demonstrated by the improved student academic performance, enhanced class participation, and increased club activities witnessed in project supported schools. Based on the evidences provided by the different respondents as given above, the evaluation tea, has been able to realize that a combination of several Kinderpostzegels Proejct supports such as teacher training, the creation of better school physical infrastructure, provision of learning materials, reference materials and organization of tutorial and peer learning has resulted in improved academic performance of students which is a clear testimony of the contribution of the Projects towards the improvement of the quality of education. 31
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