Strengthening Primary Education in Kenya: An Evaluation of the Strengthening Primary Education (SPRED) Project, Kenya, 1991-1997

This document describes a comprehensive evaluation of various educational initiatives in Kenya, including the Strengthening Primary Education (SPRED) project, aimed at enhancing the quality, access, equity, and retention in primary education. The evaluations were conducted by different organizations using a mix of desk studies, field-level studies, participatory approaches, and both qualitative and quantitative methods. The findings reveal that while there were improvements in professional development, teaching practices, gender representation, and policy-making information, the projects faced challenges in institutionalization, stakeholder involvement, management, and sustainability. The SPRED project, in particular, achieved a moderate success rating and led to subsequent initiatives like PRISM and SPRED 2 to continue addressing educational disparities. Overall, the evaluations underscore the need for baseline studies, addressing structural issues, securing funding, ensuring quality training, and tackling poverty to improve education access, with the support of policy commitment and continuous monitoring. **This summary was written by an AI model and therefore should not be considered a definitive summary of the report. If you are aware of inaccuracies, please email evaluation.registry@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.**

Description

• Lead department: Closed organisation: Department for International Development
• Evaluation stage: A complete evaluation report
• Other departments: No other departments listed
• Evaluation types: Impact evaluation
• Impact methods: Theory-based methods
• Theory-based methods: Other
• Grant information: This intervention is not distributing funding via a grant
• Government Major Project information: This intervention is not a major project
• Policies: No policies provided

Event Dates

• Event Name: Publication of final results
• Event date: December 1998

Evaluation Costs

• Cost: Not provided

Evaluation sharing

• Link(s) to published report(s): Yes
• Links to evaluation plans: No link provided
• Findings: Not provided
• Permission to share confirmed: Yes