IICD supported project: Enhancing the Visual and Presentation of Educational Content (ENEDCO) - Zambia

Countries: Zambia [ZM]
Sectors: education

Summary

The Mpelembe Secondary school and seven other schools jointly own the Enhancing the Visual and Presentation of Educational Content (ENEDCO) project. The main objective of the project is to improve content so that teaching is more effective and the project’s principle focus lies in the visual representation of the content of existing teaching materials. It involves adding to or substituting certain content with visually supported content. The project member creates a variety of visual content or, where necessary, obtains this from available sources for a selected set of commonly incomprehensible school content. The users of the project are teachers in the seven schools who will be using the visualized teaching materials. Other beneficiaries are schools in the vicinity. An important and integral part of this project is the need to disseminate information to other schools interested in the improved teaching materials. Equally important is the fact that these schools are already engaged in other educational related collaborative initiatives.

Introduction

Gonzalo Portal, the project leader, explains about the background, impact and future challenges for this project

Objectives

• To increase the learning outcomes in the related subject in pilot schools
• To create teaching and learning content which is visually enhanced using ICTs
• To package and distribute in CD DVD ROM visually-enhanced content in a recommended subject
• To increase knowledge and skills (capacity) at Mpelembe and pilot schools  to enable them undertake visualization activities
• To promote the exchange of knowledge gained in this project by establishing and supporting teacher’s networks.

Development Impacts

The users of the project are teachers in the seven schools who will be using the visualized teaching materials. The students will be beneficiaries of the project as the impact will be on the students. The number of teachers and students working at the pilot schools are reflected in the estimates of the table below.

Other beneficiaries are schools in the vicinity. An important and integral part of this project is the need to disseminate information to other schools interested in the improved teaching materials. Equally important is the fact that these schools are already engaged in other educational related collaborative initiatives.

Management and organisation

At the initial stage the structures have to be put in place, such as the Project Implementation Team, coordination with resource organizations and Ministry of Education have to be established and maintained. Mpelembe would lead the Project Implementation Team, which will comprise all seven pilot schools. A Memorandum of Understanding between Mpelembe and the pilot schools will be developed and signed.

Budget

Euro 104,975.00 (2006-2007).

Project Owner : Mpelembe Secondary School in Kitwe and seven schools (all located in the Copperbelt province) jointly own the project.

Project Contact : IICD