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Strategic Goal 6: Social and Environmental Issues (continued)

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOAL 3 — Broader Access to Quality Education with Emphasis on Primary School Completion.

I/P: Improved Access to Quality Education

INDICATOR: Number of Learners Completing Basic Education in Programs
Sponsored by USAID
USAID Seal Output
JUSTIFICATION: This global, aggregated, output indicator measures changes in education programs.
FY 2006 PERFORMANCE Target
  • 25,636,732 students enrolled in primary school.
  • 2,429,813 students completing primary school.
  • 82,000 adult learners completing basic education.
Results
  • 24,794,332 students enrolled in primary school, or 3% below the FY 2006 target.
  • 1,212,068 number of students completing primary school, or 50% below the FY 2006 target.
  • 121,881 number of adult learners completing basic education, or 49% above the FY 2006 target.
Rating On Target
Impact Quality improvements include better curriculum that promotes critical thinking and problem solving, instruction and teacher training; more favorable student-teacher ratios; more equitable gender balance and heightened gender sensitivity; greater relevance of curriculum to societal needs; and/or other systemic improvements.
PERFORMANCE DATA Data Source Result data from USAID operating units.
Data Quality
(Verification)
The Agency’s performance data are verified using Data Quality Assessments (DQA), and must meet five data quality standards of validity, integrity, precision, reliability and timeliness. The methodology used for conducting the DQAs must be well documented by each operating unit. (For details, refer to USAID’s Automated Directive System [ADS] Chapter 203.3.5, http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/200/203.pdf).
PAST PERFORMANCE 2005
  • 23,233,676 students enrolled in primary school, a 9% increase from FY 2004.
  • 1,572,853 students completed primary school, a 10% decrease from FY 2004.
  • 143,502 adult learners completed basic education, a 70% increase from FY 2004.
2004
  • 21,279,734 students enrolled in primary school, a 4.6% decrease from the FY 2003 baseline.
  • 1,751,298 students completed primary school, a 2.7% decrease from the FY 2003 baseline.
  • 84,494 adult learners completed basic education, a 17% decrease from the FY 2004 baseline.
2003

Baselines:

  • 22,317,204 children enrolled in primary education programs.
  • 1,799,066 children completed primary school.
  • 101,756 adult learners completed basic education.

 

INDICATOR: Capabilities in Higher Education and Workforce Development Programs Sponsored by USAID
USAID Seal Output
JUSTIFICATION: This indicator addresses USAID’s efforts in higher education and workforce development.
FY 2006 PERFORMANCE Target
  • 640 host country institutions increase management and technical capacity through partnership programs.
  • 320 higher education institutional programs, policies, and curricula adapted to the needs of sustainable development.
  • 120,507 persons trained through workforce development programs.
Results
  • FY 2006 data not available for the number of host country institutions increasing management and technical capacity through partnership programs.
  • 48 number of higher education institutional programs, policies, and curricula adapted to the needs of sustainable development, or 85% below the FY 2006 target.
  • 95,578 persons trained through workforce development programs, or 21% below the FY 2006 target.
Rating Significantly Below Target
Impact USAID’s higher education partnerships have promoted sustainable development in the following sectors: agriculture, agribusiness, animal science, community development, democracy and governance, public policy, law, journalism, economic growth and trade, education, environment, natural resources management, distance education, Internet and communication technology, population, health, nutrition, and workforce and entrepreneurial development.
Reason for Shortfall Delay in program implementation activities.
Steps to Improve Improve implementation processes.
PERFORMANCE DATA Data Source Result data from USAID operating units.
Data Quality
(Verification)
The Agency’s performance data are verified using Data Quality Assessments (DQA), and must meet five data quality standards of validity, integrity, precision, reliability and timeliness. The methodology used for conducting the DQAs must be well documented by each operating unit. (For details, refer to USAID’s Automated Directive System [ADS] Chapter 203.3.5, http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/200/203.pdf).
PAST PERFORMANCE 2005
  • 666 host country institutions gain increased management capacity through partnership programs, a 21% increase from FY 2004.
  • 264 higher education institutional programs, policies, and curricula adapted to the needs of sustainable development, a 20% increase from FY 2004.
  • 98,671 persons trained through workforce development programs, a 26% increase from the FY 2004 baseline.
2004
  • 550 host country institutions gain increased management capacity through partnership programs, a 4% increase from the FY 2003 baseline.
  • 220 higher education institutional programs, policies, and curricula adapted to the needs of sustainable development, a 6% increase from the FY 2003 baseline.
  • Baseline: 78,289 persons trained through workforce development programs.
2003

Baselines:

  • 528 host country institutions gain increased management capacity through partnership programs.
  • 207 higher education institutional programs, policies, and curricula adapted to the needs of sustainable development.

 

The FY 2006 Performance and Accountability Report can be viewed at http://www.usaid/policy/par06/.


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