Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar

The Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar manages a citizen-led assessment of learning in Senegal known as Jangandoo. This Presidential Discretionary grant will support the next annual meeting of Hewlett Foundation grantees and other civil society organizations that are implementing citizen-led assessments across nine countries. The meeting will be held in March 2016 in Dakar, to be organized and hosted by the Jangandoo team.

The Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar’s Jangandoo program supports a citizen-led, household-based assessment of children’s learning in Senegal. This grant would allow Jangandoo to communicate assessment results, analytical reports, and policy briefs through an action research and advocacy campaign that will inform citizens and policymakers about children’s learning status and promote action for improved learning.

The Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar’s Jangandoo program supports a network of civil society organizations to implement a citizen-led, household-based assessment of children’s learning in Senegal. This grant will allow Jangandoo to continue and expand work at the sub-national level to enable local Ministry of Education officials, school communities, and civic groups and associations to use the assessment results to plan and implement pedagogical and social action interventions that will support improved learning for those children who are furthest behind. Jangandoo will also continue its national-level policy advocacy to ensure that the government continues to prioritize education system-level change to improve learning.