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For Children’s Day in July 2002, World Vision conducted a sport and art
competition for children involved in the Education Safety Net program.
Photo: Ferry Doringin/World Vision
Impact of the project
• Up until June 2002, World Vision’s ESN
team has distributed scholarships to 10,048
children from 118 primary schools and 46
secondary schools. Each scholarship covers
four months’ payment for school fees.
ESN also distributes uniforms and
school supplies.
• Of these 164 schools, 59 are in locations
where World Vision Area Development
Programs (ADPs) operate.
• The multiple-intervention approach to
improving the cost-effectiveness of a
country’s education system in the best
interest of the child has been shown in a
UNESCO study to have the most impact
when a program contains four elements:
• learning packages
• school-based management
• training, and
• testing. 5
Teachers, perhaps obviously, are a key agent
for improvement of teaching quality. ESN
conducts training for the teachers of grades
1–3 of primary schools and grades 7–9 of
secondary school. The training is organised in
collaboration with Atmajaya University and
the Public University of Jakarta. The Atmajaya
team trained teachers in the topics of Child
Psychology, “Quantum Teaching”, School
Management, Teaching Methods in
Mathematics and Social Science, and “Brain
Gym”. Printed manuals were also developed
by Atmajaya University with support from
World Vision. The World Vision team
provided training in topics around the CRC,
and the Public University of Jakarta contributed
to the module development. The intention is
that CRC principles can be viewed as a
resource for teachers, linked to their new
teaching styles and methodologies.
Staff training is complemented by other
measures to strengthen school capacity.
Books are distributed to the 44 elementary
schools in Kramatjati and Ciracas
sub-districts, two under-resourced areas of
Jakarta – each package containing an
encyclopaedia set, and short story books.
To support this, ESN has conducted two-day
training for librarians of these schools in
management and promotion of the new
books to children and teachers. The training
involved a speaker from the National
Education Department (part of the Ministry
of Education), to promote ownership
from schools.
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Schiefelbein, E, Wolff, L & Schiefelbein, P, “Cost-effectiveness of primary education policies in Latin America: A survey of expert opinion”, Bulletin 49,
UNESCO (OREALC), Santiago (Chile), August 1999. This research was supported by the World Bank.
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