Effects of Fee-Funding and School-Based Management Training on Schooling Outcomes: Impact Evaluation Report

Abstract

This report describes the final findings of the external evaluation of the Supporting Complementary Schools in Equitable Education (SUCSEED) intervention in two Nairobi informal settlements of Mukuru and Korogocho. The SUCSEED initiative was part of a larger three-year UK-Aid funded program known as Kenya Essential Education Program (KEEP), which focuses on issues of attendance, retention, equity, and accountability in the education sector (see Ngware et al., 2015). Specifically, the SUCSEED initiative focused on some of the challenges faced by a special category of schools (known as Complementary Schools or CS) which serve children from disadvantaged families living in urban informal settlements. Some of the challenges faced by CS include poor school attendance, high school drop-out rates and poor management. The intervention, managed by KEEP Management Team (KMT) and implemented by Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and Concern Worldwide (CWW) and evaluated by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), involves school fee-funding and school-based management training to CS in the urban informal settlements.