School Priorities - SNV

The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) has worked in partnership with SNV Netherlands
Development Organisation in 16 districts spread over four geographical regions: West Nile,
Rwenzori, Central and Northeastern. The partnership has focused on three key issue areas,
namely access and retention, quality, and management/leadership.
It is my pleasure to present this publication of case studies, giving a voice to the collaboration
between government and non-government actors and SNV at different levels of the education
system.
The SNV approach of developing capacities and knowledge through partnership and jointly
supporting the implementation of stronger, cost-effective and innovative programmes, has been
highly appreciated by the MoES.
The support to district local governments to coordinate and actively involve relevant actors and
stakeholders and to collect and use Decentralised Education Management Information System
(DEMIS) at district and school level for improved planning, budgeting and monitoring has been
greatly appreciated. Programmes to showcase what child-friendly learning environments may
look like by, for instance, involving communities in decision making processes, promoting and
supporting sports and games in school, developing public-private partnerships, and enabling a
teaching-learning environment where children are actively involved in their own learning, have
helped to improve the professional skills of headteachers through classroom video analysis and
peer-to-peer support for further learning.
This publication provides insight into some of the SNV partnership projects and programmes.
The documentation of these projects makes interesting reading and will hopefully act as a source
of inspiration and learning for others—government and non-government actors—to improve
primary education and ultimately the quality of learning outcomes of all children in Uganda.
We hope through this documentation you will identify apt cases to replicate into programmes, see
the relevance and importance of capacity development services in the education sector, and use
the knowledge and lessons learnt to improve on the delivery of services in the education sector in
Uganda and beyond.
Dr. Daniel Nkaada
Commissioner of Basic Education
Ministry of Education and Sports
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