“Gender-Responsive Community Initiatives to support secondary schools with low learning outcomes “ 2020-2021, USAID - Takamol.

The project focused on schools of low learning outcomes associated with gender challenges, community role, and surrounding environments. It examines the disparities between urban vs. rural and male schools vs. female schools and the engagement between schools, surrounding environment and the community (civil society institutions, School Development boards, Parents Associations, different stakeholders). It aims to build a strong understanding of the problem and its solutions within the community and MOE. Using a participatory data driven community-led approach, ANHRE will present study to investigate the underlying causes of schools of low learning outcomes and identify ways to increase school-community engagement.

This project targets 6 CBOs and other associated community partners understand underlying issues for these schools, build relationships with relevant stakeholders, and identify strategies that PTAs, and community organizations can apply to addressing these issues.

ANHRE presented community analysis of problems facing these schools and recommendations to the Ministry of Education. In the final phase of the project, after refining preliminary recommendations, ANHRE worked with CBOs on applying strategies for using community involvement to strengthen these schools and their surrounding environment. ANHRE will focus on implementing feasible recommendations with the community partners (CBOs, PTAs, etc) .

Study of the gender gap between male and female schools in Ajloun, East Amman, Madaba and Tafila governorates was launched at the end of this project.

To review the study, Press here