2011
AMBATOVY SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
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Education
Education has been a significant component of our community
development program, with activities and strategies founded
on best practices. Ambatovy is working with the local
school districts and international partners such as UNICEF,
to implement quality programs to promote Madagascar’s
educational goals.
In 2011, we continued to work with UNICEF to implement the
Contract for School Success Program (
Contrat Programme
de la Réussite Scolaire, CPRS
). Ambatovy supported training
and investment in key school supplies and infrastructure.
CPRS 2011 Activities and Results
Action plans developed
242
Principals trained
264
Participating schools
100
Contract for School Success Program
Madagascar’s primary school completion rate is only 60% and students often repeat grades due to poor school infrastructure
and supplies, unqualified teaching staff or complete lack of facilities in their community.
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In response to the educational
context in Madagascar, UNICEF designed the Contract for School Success Program. The aim of this program is to mobilize
administrators, teachers, parents and students through community contracts and action plans to drive their own local
educational goals and activities. Parents and students collaborate with administrators, teachers and educational authorities to
produce an annual contract and action plan, which determines the goals and how resources will be spent at each school.
Each action plan is tailored to the needs and priorities agreed upon by the community.
quick FIGURES
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Training workshops held with participants from
242 schools, 23 school district superintendents,
20 enrollment authority representatives and 6 regional
education authority representatives.
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Provision of materials and furniture for primary schools:
1,404 bench tables and 1,120 books.
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Construction support for 48 schools, 48 classrooms,
2 libraries, 6 fences.
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Rehabilitation support for 26 schools, 32 classrooms.
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Installation support for two latrines and one well.
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Support to 7 school canteens.
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See UNICEF. “Contracts for School Success Initiative,” last modified December 17, 2010, UNICEF,
and
Razafindrabe, Noro H and Leo van der Zwan,
End Review of Norway’s Support to UNICEF’s Education Programme in Madagascar (2005-2007)
and
Appraisal of UNICEF’s Proposal
for a New Education Program 2008-2011
. Oslo, Norway: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, 2008.
Social Performance
