We recently published a blog post about Khulisa’s work conducting the baseline evaluation for Schools2030, a program seeking to transform education in 1000 schools in 10 countries around the world. The evaluation is huge and extremely complex, and our Education team has been reminded of several important lessons along the way. One of the most important is to gain a wide variety of perspectives when planning the evaluation, including the perspectives of your client.
Margie Roper, Director of Khulisa’s Education Division, mused that the challenges of conducting an evaluation “across all these different educational systems, ministers, and approaches – different schools, different cohorts, different ages, different teachers, and different countries implemented in a slightly different way” seemed almost insurmountable when the project began. But ultimately the team realized they simply needed to work together. “Evaluations like this take more than one brain, more than one set of skills, and more than one kind of thinking,” Margie said.
Working closely with the client, the Aga Khan Foundation, every step of the way was also essential for the Schools2030 project. The project depended on “having good, open working relationships with clients who are also very open to the innovation, the adaptability and the complexity of it, and they’re as challenged and excited and motivated by [the evaluation] as I am.”
For specifics on how Khulisa is implementing the Schools2030 baseline, read the full blog post and keep an eye on our #EvalTuesdayTip section over the next couple of weeks.
