USAID/Mali GLEE Contract #: 72068818C00001
Quarterly Report
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strike. The training occurred simultaneously in Kayes (Kenieba) and Mopti(Douentza, Bankass,
and Sangha) from October 1 to 14, 2020.In total, 180 facilitators (115 in Mopti, 65 Kenieba)
were selected and trained. These 180 facilitators included 144 returned participants and 36 new
participants recruited in September. During the13 day training, several people from the
Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale (MEN), AE/CAP, and GLEE coordination team provided
training on pedagogical practices to teach reading, writing and mathematics based on the
accelerated curriculum. The training also provided an opportunity to orient the facilitators on
GBV and SRGBV referral systems that will help monitor in the communities they will be
assigned to. The trainers were assessed at the end of the training period and the highest
scoring 160 facilitators were assigned to new centers.
Accelerated Schooling Centers operations
Due to COVID-19 delays in recruitment and training of ASC facilitators, courses at accelerated
schooling centers were delayed from October to November 2, 2020. At the end of their training,
the ASC facilitators were immediately deployed in the communities to establish and start the
enrollment of the learners in collaboration with the CGS members and mentors. Because the
community mobilization phase has been efficient this year, the facilitators found the shelters
ready in all the communities. Courses started on Novembers second with 5,935 learners (5,228
girls, 707 boys) in the 160 centers in Kenieba and Mopti.
Monitoring of the centers by the GLEE Supervisors
Monitoring of the centers is critical to the objective of increasing girls’ access to school. It allows
GLEE to be visible in the communities, monitor the quality of ASC operations, motivate learners,
and support the ASC facilitator. GLEE Supervisors began monitoring the centers on November
2, 2020 ensuring presence of the facilitators, presence of learners, conformity of learners’ ages
to the 10-14 range, and readiness of the shelters. This monitoring demonstrated that all the
facilitators were on their duty stations and the shelters were all ready. Additionally, the
monitoring demonstrated that in 13 villages that have ASCs operating for their second
consecutive year, some learners were under 10 and alternative arrangements were made to
ensure children 10-14 were prioritized. Finally, the monitoring discovered at Kenieba that the
centers of Soring and Beteya had less than 20 leaners. GLEE management initiated a
discussion with the two communities and instructed to them to quickly complete the number of
children or the centers will be closed and replaced, when the MEN decided to close all
education premises on December 17
th
.
On December 18
th
, when the centers all closed due the government order, 158 centers (Mopti
101, Kayes 57 were running with 5,958 (5,268 girls, 695 boys) learners. The monitoring also
included observation of facilitators delivering lessons, assessment of progress with the
curriculum, review of learners’ attendance, observation of the interaction between learners and
facilitators during the lesson, review of center management tools (e.g. attendance log,
facilitator’s logbook, learners’ notebooks, etc.) and feedback and guidance for the facilitator.