Education Results Accountability - HakiElimu - Institutional Support 2013-2018

Results achieved as of the end of the project (December 2018) include: (1) conducted advertising campaigns which raised awareness on gender and violence against children and reached 4.9 million people through social media; (2) leading Tanzanian newspapers published 26 op-eds which raised awareness among readers on gender inequalities and the challenges girls are facing in accessing education such as early pregnancies gender-based violence domestic responsibilities the lack of access to sanitary products and facilities in schools; (3) HakiElimu aired four television and radio campaigns which reached around 20 million people across the country raising awareness on the challenges faced by girls and children with visual impairment in the education system; (4) the Girls' Retention and Transition Initiative formed 44 gender clubs in 44 primary and secondary schools across 11 districts enrolling 880 students (of which 660 were girls) to help address gender inequality and violence against children; (5) 1 385 new Friends of Education were recruited (Friends of Education are individuals or groups who advocate to improve the education level in their community where they are already well connected and influential); and (6) 90 Friends of Education from six districts were trained to conduct Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) in 120 primary and secondary schools. PETS track the education funding allocated by the government to planned education activities against funding spent. This helps ensure transparency and accountability of the government’s education funding.