International Development Grant
Teachers' training and learning assessment in Mali
Project Number: CA-3-A034723001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $17,295,208.00
Start Date: September 01, 2010
End Date: March 31, 2021
Duration: 10.6 years
Project Description
The project aims to improve the quality of primary education in Mali specifically by improving the skills of primary school teachers and improving the quality of learning for girls and boys at the primary level. This project includes two components: (1) strengthening continuous learning for teachers and (2) establishing a system for evaluating primary school learning. The project provides technical assistance to the Ministry of Education Literacy and National Languages through a Canadian support agency. The first component follows directly from the Support in Continuing Education for Teachers project and aims to strengthen the management of continuing education for teachers at every level of the education system to contribute to establishing learning communities throughout the country and to improve the teaching practices in classrooms. The second component is a new initiative aiming to strengthen the institutional capacities of the departments responsible for monitoring and evaluating primary school learning at the central regional and local levels.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved teaching practices aimed at reducing the gender gap in basic education schools; (2) improved student learning assessment practices in basic education classes; and (3) a national system for assessing the educational performance of students in improved basic education.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2021) include: (1) the project supported the ministry of education by training of 12 555 school directors (9.5% women) and 60 264 teachers (31 % of women) with teaching practices aimed at reducing the gap between girls and boys in basic education schools; (2) a total of 35 000 teachers including 11 200 women were trained to make better use of formative and summative assessment practices in the classroom. These teachers practice in 6 500 lower secondary schools mainly public schools and community schools with functioning teacher learning communities; (3) the project supported the implementation of the deployment of the integrated system of continuous training at the level of the decentralized services in all the teaching academies; (4) the modernization of the standardized school examination system was completed by implementing the integrated examination management system in all teaching academies; (5) Tools for knowledge sharing including the guideline for good practices in learning assessment was printed in 17 000 copies and distributed in some 5 500 schools with functional learning communities at the beginning of the 2019-20 school year. These results have contributed to improving the skills of teachers and quality education for girls and boys in Mali.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Uncoded
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP