Play for the Advancement of Quality of Education (PAQE II), implemented by Right To Play Mali (French, summary in English)

Play for the Advancement of Quality of Education (PAQE II), implemented by Right To Play Mali, is funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). Using play as a child-centered learning approach, this five-year (05) project involves 476 teachers in initial training, including 238 women, 1 ,200 teachers in service, including 600 women and 2,000 parents including 1 200 women, in order to provide quality education for approximately6 9,10 1 children,i ncluding3 4, 665 girls aged6 -12 yearso f levelsI to 6 of basic education I.

This five-year project started in August 201 7 and will end in December 2021. To ensure its implementation in the regions of Koulikoro, Ségou, Bougouni and the District ofBamako, four social implementation partners were chosen: namely OMAES, RARE, ALED and RED.

The project aims to allow more children (girls, boys from the 1st to the 6th grade) from targeted schoolst o acquireb asics kills and to be equippedt o face the challenges of life once adult.

The objective of this mid-term evaluation is to collect qualitative and quantitative data from the project for a set of indicators described in the Framework of Performance Measurement (CMR).Thesem id-term data will be used to assessth e progresso f the project towards the achievemenot f the expected results during its implementation.