Evidence from the pilot shows:

Schools showed improvements in teaching quality safeguarding and school leadership and management practices. We continue to adapt and refine the approach, which draws on learnings from Uganda and Zambia and is co designed with local partners to ensure relevance to the local context.

For 8 years, Luke has been the Head Teacher of a government school in Lawra, Ghana.

He feels proud of the safe and inclusive learning environment he has created, with support from PEAS and the Savannah Education Trust.

“I see myself as a better teacher and head teacher now than ever before. The things I know and do, I do not see when I visit other schools.”

“This project has built my capacity to support my teachers. I can conduct quality lesson observations and provide coaching and feedback to my teachers devoid of fault finding so that they can improve their lesson delivery. Our new teacher training programme has also come in handy with student-centred techniques and simple steps to follow. I organize in-school CPD programmes on student-centred pedagogies, safeguarding and the new Ghana Education Service Curriculum.”

“This project has also supported me to drive school improvement.  I can prepare a School Improvement Plan which gives my teachers and I a roadmap to drive sustainable school improvement. I have also learned about safeguarding and the measures to put in place in school to provide a safe environment for learners to learn.”

“I now see child protection and safeguarding to be the most important thing if teaching and learning are already effective. All learners can make it if they feel safe to learn.”