UNICEF Evaluation

🎓🍎On #TeachersDay, we spotlight UNICEF Lebanon’s #evaluation of the Teacher Training Curriculum Model. The findings are clear: investing in teachers transforms leads to more confident teaching, engaged students, and stronger alignment with national curriculum goals. The #evaluation recommends: 🔹 Strengthening mentorship and peer learning 🔹 Expanding inclusive education modules 🔹 Sustaining support systems for teachers beyond initial training Let’s honor teachers! 🔗 Explore the full evaluation: https://lnkd.in/eeVg69m9 👈. #WorldTeachersDay #UNICEF #Lebanon Justus Kamwesigye, Jamil El Khoury, Lama Ghanem, Tamara Nassereddine, Hideyuki Tsuruoka, Myriam Van Parijs, Mercy Kolok, Kerry Albright, Robert McCouch

🎉 📣 Dawwie Evaluation Featured for International Day of the Girl!👧 We’re proud to spotlight the UNICEF Egypt #Evaluation of the Dawwie programme as part of the International Day of the Girl celebrations.   Dawwie reaches communities, especially girls and boys across #Egypt through a multi-layered approach that combines community engagement, digital tools, storytelling, and skill-building. Under the auspices of Egypt’s First Lady, Dawwie engaged over 600,000 individuals through direct community outreach by, at the end of the evaluation period in June 2023. Since then, it has expanded to reach close to 1,080,000 1,100,000 girls, boys, caregivers, and community members to date. Key outcomes: ✨ Engaged over 3.6M people online through Dawwie digital platforms by June 2023. ✨ Empowered girls with leadership, advocacy & digital literacy skills ✨ Advanced gender-transformative approaches at national scale ✨ Supported efforts to reduce Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), child marriage ✨ Strengthened intergenerational communication skills of parents and girls ✨ Enabled girls to safely express themselves and strengthen their digital skills Recommendations: 🔹 Expand access to services & targeted support 🔹 Leverage digital platforms for learning and monitoring 🔹 Integrate into national programmes and systems for greater scale 🔹 Ensure vulnerable children are included in design & reporting 📄 Read the full #evaluation report here: https://lnkd.in/eACrCJzh 💪 #UNICEF #Dawwie #DayOfTheGirl #GenderEquality #GirlsEmpowerment #IDG2025 💪 Myriam Van Parijs, Luciana Magharious, Hideyuki Tsuruoka, Gabrielle Tremblay, Dalia Bayoumi Morsi, Janette S. Hussain, Mercy Kolok, Kerry Albright, Robert McCouch

Digital tools are reshaping how teacher training is delivered, monitored and scaled. Good practices include: ✔️ Peer mentoring and continuous learning ✔️ Real-time dashboards tracking teacher performance ✔️ Local innovations scaled nationally through embedded systems In Ghana and the Dominican Republic, national digital dashboards strengthened system accountability and learning outcomes. In Rwanda, digital tools made monitoring systems more efficient to inform decisions on the teaching workforce. In Argentina, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Jamaica, Jordan, Mali and Serbia, instant messaging applications were used to support mentoring and peer-to-peer training. 📌 Policy Takeaways: • Teachers are irreplaceable, technology must empower, not replace • Integrate digital tools into national systems for sustainability • Use digital dashboards and teacher management information systems to improve efficiency, accountability and professionalization • Build digital capacity through training and peer support • Design for digital inclusion—across gender, geography, and connectivity 📄 Explore the good practice notes: Read more in the evaluation’s good practice notes:  https://lnkd.in/d8cBNv2V #UNICEF #Evaluation #TeachersDevelopment #Digitalskills Tami Aritomi Kerry Albright Robert McCouch UNICEF Bangladesh UNICEF Sri Lanka, UNICEF Jordan - يونيسف الأردن UNICEF Tunisie UNICEF Cambodia UNICEF Mongolia UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire UNICEF Ghana UNICEF Dominican Republic UNICEF Argentina UNICEF Ethiopia UNICEF Madagascar UNICEF Serbia

Improving learning outcomes starts with supporting the teachers who make learning happen. Evaluation findings emphasize that strong teacher welfare systems are not just ethical, they are strategic. Key enablers include: • Clear and enforced teacher rights • Supportive workloads and working conditions • Data systems to inform equitable deployment • Locally adapted professional development • Gender equity & leadership support Policy reform must: • Link teacher well-being to children’s right to education • Protect the return on investment in teacher training • Elevate teacher voices in shaping reforms • Institutionalize wellness and resilience • Address gender disparities in teaching and leadership • Invest in leadership and collaboration Examples of good practices • In Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Serbia, evidence generation activities informed advocacy for teacher wellbeing and learning environments. • In Jamaica, training focused on strengthening teacher resilience and emotional well-being. • In Cambodia, Ethiopia and Yemen, advocacy and technical work addressed gender inequalities in the teaching profession. 📄 Read UNICEF's Good Practice Notes on Advocating for teacher rights and welfare to support education for all children: https://lnkd.in/dgyPehG3 #UNICEF #Evaluation #TeachersDevevlopment #Education Tami Aritomi Suman Sachdeva Ph.D Antonia Mandry Haritz Goya Lujambio Sonakshi Sharma Lyston Skerritt Euphrates Efosi Wose Frank van Cappelle Ashley Wax Esther Kaggwa Jane Mwangi Michael Francis CraftMirella Hernani Souraya Hassan.H Myriam Van Parijs Kerry Albright Robert McCouch UNICEF Bangladesh UNICEF Sri Lanka UNICEF Jordan - يونيسف الأردن UNICEF Tunisie UNICEF Cambodia UNICEF Mongolia UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire UNICEF Ghana UNICEF Dominican Republic UNICEF Argentina UNICEF Ethiopia UNICEF Madagascar UNICEF Serbia

🚀 UNICEF Venezuela seeks a consultancy firm for the #evaluation of its Out-of-School Project. Experience in education & data collection in #Venezuela preferred. Deadline: Oct 24, 2025. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eBRHiKJp 👈 Maria Jose Villalobos Portillo, Tom Pellens, Michael Francis Craft, Kerry Albright, Robert McCouch

Middle-tier actors such as district and regional education officers are often the missing link between national education policy and daily classroom practice.  UNICEF #evaluations show that when empowered, these leaders can:  🔺 Scale technical and pedagogical support  🔺 Use local data to manage teacher deployment  🔺 Monitor classroom practice and accountability  🔺 Anchor reforms for long-term sustainability Policy takeaways for strengthening the Middle-Tier:  👉 Invest in capacity by shifting from compliance to active teacher support  👉 Embed reforms by anchoring policies in existing district/regional systems  👉 Balance accountability with support by tracking performance and nurturing growth  👉 Foster ownership by making middle-tier actors the co-creators of change. In countries like Ghana, Madagascar, and the Dominican Republic, middle-tier leaders are embedding national reforms into local routines, ensuring continuity even during political or funding transitions. 📖 Learn how the #evaluation captured these good practices:  https://lnkd.in/eywAuBuj 👈 #UNICEF #Evaluation #Education #TeacherDevelopment #EvidenceToAction #LearningOutcomes Suman Sachdeva Ph.D, Antonia Mandry, Haritz Goya Lujambio, Sonakshi Sharma, Lyston Skerritt, Euphrates Efosi Wose, Frank van Cappelle, wycliffe otieno Ashley Wax, Esther Kaggwa, Jane Mwangi, Michael Francis Craft, Mirella Hernani, Souraya Hassan.H, Myriam Van Parijs, Daniel ALONSO VALCKX, Tami Aritomi, Jayachandran Vasudevan, Denis Jobin, Mercy Kolok, Kerry Albright, Robert McCouch UNICEF Bangladesh, UNICEF Sri Lanka, UNICEF Jordan - يونيسف الأردن, UNICEF Tunisie, UNICEF Cambodia, UNICEF Mongolia, UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire, UNICEF Ghana, UNICEF Dominican Republic, UNICEF Argentina, UNICEF Ethiopia, UNICEF Madagascar,UNICEF Serbia

🎓 This World Teachers’ Day, we share the power of inclusive #education.  📽️ UNICEF Evaluation’s latest #evaluation reveals how fit-for-purpose approaches—from community-based learning centers in #Bangladesh to innovative pedagogies in #Uganda and micro-certificates in the #Philippines are helping reach over 270 million out of school children.  💡 These good practice notes show how communities, teachers, and governments are working together to create adaptable, equitable pathways to quality learning for all—especially for the most marginalized.  👩🏫 Teachers are not just educators, they’re changemakers. Let’s celebrate their role in building a future where every child learns.  📽️ 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eSDqi9vA 👈 📖 Read the #evaluation & good practices: https://lnkd.in/eHT_EJcT 👈 #WorldTeachersDay #QualityLearningForAll #UNICEF #OutOfSchoolChildren #InclusiveEducation #TeachingAtTheRightLevel #SkillsForLife #EveryChildLearns UNICEF Bangladesh, Deepa Sankar, Iqbal Hossain, Stanley Gwavuya,  Farhana Yasmin  UNICEF Philippines, Maria Melizza Tan, Xavier Foulquier, Lely Djuhari,  UNICEF Uganda, Barno Mukhamadieva, Khushbakht Hojiev, Divya Jacob, Yves Willemot, Joseph Balikudembe,  Emma Hamilton-Clark,  Tami Aritomi, Denis Jobin, Jayachandran Vasudevan, Gabriel Ortega Hernández, Celeste Aida Lebowitz, Mercy Kolok, Kerry Albright, Robert McCouch   

🎉 Celebrating Teachers!  This #WorldTeachersDay, we recognize the importance of sub-national and local actors to support teacher development and strengthen education systems, as a bridge between practice and policy. @UNICEF Evaluation’s recent global #evaluation reveals how empowering the middle-tier strengthens teacher development and improves learning outcomes. From coaching in #Rwanda to data-driven accountability in #Ghana, the middle-tier is key to high-quality teachers, as well as to sustainable monitoring for accountability, and stronger education systems.  📚 Read the blog: Teacher Development in ‘Middle-Tier’  🔗 https://lnkd.in/g-dedqtw  #TeachersDay #EducationMatters #UNICEF #TeacherDevelopment #MiddleTierImpact #QualityEducation #SystemsStrengthening #FoundationalLearning  Denis Jobin Tami Aritomi Jayachandran Vasudevan Mercy Kolok Kerry Albright Robert McCouch

🚀 Final video: Unlocking Potential—Results-Driven Impact Evaluation  We’ve reached the last installment from the UNICEF Evaluation and World Food Programme Global Impact #Evaluation Forum 2024! Experts from the The World Bank, #WFP El Salvador, and UNICEF Philippines share how data-driven evaluations are shaping more effective, inclusive, and cost-efficient programs—from economic inclusion in the #Sahel to real-time decision-making in #ElSalvador and public data tools in the #Philippines. 🎥 Watch now: https://lnkd.in/ewJfHKCU 👈 Thank you for joining us throughout this series! 💬 How can we ensure that impact evaluations continue to drive smarter, more inclusive policies? Share your thoughts below. #ImpactEvaluation #EvidenceMatters #UNICEF #ResultsDriven #PolicyInnovation Marcus Holmlund, Riaz Lodhi, Oyunsaikhan Dendevnorov  Zlata Bruckauf, Jonas L. Heirman, Francesco Iacoella, Gabriel Ortega Hernández, Nicola Theunissen, Celeste Aida Lebowitz, Kerry Albright, Robert McCouch, Anne-Claire Luzot  

🌟 UNICEF Egypt Country Office is making a real difference for adolescent girls! Programmes like Dawwie, Meshwary, SAWA, and Positive Parenting have reached thousands of vulnerable adolescent girls, including refugees from war affected neighbouring countries.    ✨ These initiatives—featuring storytelling circles, intergenerational dialogues, digital learning, life skills and employability training, and career guidance—are empowering girls as agents of change.    💡 Positive shifts in family attitudes and gender norms are also emerging through impactful work with parents and families. Together, we are building leadership, well-being, and a brighter future for girls!    📖 Read the full #Egypt case study report https://lnkd.in/eE9i4N5B 👈 on #Evaluation of UNICEF Gender Policy and Gender Action Plans.      Robert McCouch, Kerry Albright, Lauren Rumble, Satvika Chalasani, Erica Mattellone, Barsha Pradhan, Kyra Variyava, Celeste Aida Lebowitz, Mercy Kolok, Ahmad Farid Takkal, Elena Panetti, Alvina Lim   Maha Elaine Muna, Maha Muna, Myriam Van Parijs, Mariia Matsepa-Ivanova, Nayfeh Omoush, Janette S. Hussain, Shaheen Nilofer    Natalia Winder Rossi, Nathalie Meyer, Dina Heikal, Dalia Bayoumi Morsi Social Development Direct, Celine Mazars, Alix Clark, Emma Haegeman, Hanna Smit, Hanna (Johanna) Smit, Diana Magdy