Monitoring & Evaluation Report of Africa Centres of Excellence Project
Discover the performance review, results verification, enrollment statistics, and partnership details of the Africa Centres of Excellence Project. Analyze the progress, achievements, and future strategies discussed in the 10th Project Steering Committee Meeting in Lagos, Nigeria.
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AFRICA CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PROJECT Monitoring & Evaluation Report Adeline Addy, M&E Officer, AAU 10thProject Steering Committee Meeting May 15, 2017, Lagos, Nigeria
Presentation Outline Presentation Outline 1. Performance Review (Nov. 2016 Apr. 2017) I. Highlights II. Performance per DLI Aggregate Per ACE 2. Results Verification I. January 2014 October 2015 II. November 2015 December 2016
ENROLLMENT 3,718 INTERNSHIPS 810 REGIONALITY 1,214 71% of 2017 target 73% of 2017 target 39% of 2017 target 6% PhD Students 33% Regional Students 93% Student internships 26% Masters Students 25% Female Students 63% from CEA-CETIC & CERSA 68% Short Course Students/ Fellows 46% from CEA-MITIC, PAMI & OAU-OAK PARK Review feasibility of faculty internships and its importance to the project Increase regional PhD enrollment Increase regional and female enrollment
PARTNERSHIPS - 42 EXT. REVENUE $4,454,463 RESEARCH PUBS. 556 12% of 2017 target 145% of 2017 target 140% of 2017 target 64% from WACCI, WACCBIP, OAU-OAK PARK & 2iE 71% from PAMI, OAU- OAK PARK & 2iE 44% from CEA-MITIC, PAMI & CEFOR Mostly tuition fees and co- funding Mostly academic partnerships What measures to ensure research impacts policy? Increase revenue generation to assure sustainability of project Assess effectiveness of partnerships
Performance Review Performance Review Nov. 2016 Nov. 2016 Apr. 2017 Aggregate & Per ACE Aggregate & Per ACE Apr. 2017 Data Data from Source: Source: ACEs fromMay 8, 2017 May 8, 2017 ACEs M&E Reports ( M&E Reports (November November 2016 2016 April 2017) April 2017)
STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY GENDER Regional Female Enrollment up - > 50% of 2016 annual results National Female Enrollment almost matching 2016 annual results Total enrollment for 6-month period almost matchinh 2016 annual results 2014 44 136 825 180 646 1,649 2015 198 512 2,487 709 1,778 3,297 2016 309 779 4,747 1,087 3,660 4,279 2017 167 751 3,718 918 2,800 5,127 Regional Female Students National Female Students Total Students Total Females Students Total Males Students Total Students Target
REGIONAL STUDENTS BY COURSE Higher enrollment at all levels Results for 6-month period higher than 2016 annual results PhD (6%); Masters (26%); Short Course (68%) Overemphasis on Short Course inconsistent with focus of ACE Project 2014 256 66 115 75 529 2015 1014 59 617 338 1058 2016 1938 116 494 1328 1316 2017 909 68 316 830 1701 Regional Students Total PhD students Master students Short course students Regional Students Target
REGIONAL ENROLLMENT PER ACE 2014 2015 55 30 2016 47 32 2017 174 PROGRESS ACEGID ACENTFDB ACEPRD CEA-CCBAD CEADESE CEA-MITIC CEFTER CERSA CETIC DRYLAND AGRIC KNUST OAU-OAK PARK PAMI WACCBIP WACCI CEA-SAMEF CEA-SMA CEFOR 2iE CERHI ENSEA INP-HB 0 2 0 21 0 4 2 0 0 15 28 12 0 2 4 12 0 16 38 100 9 0 3 9 0 6 252 0 0 38 11 9 27 10 5 61 33 3 13 42 15 56 524 24 223 119 17 77 465 157 188 372 104 54 407 442 14 392 8 13 0 147 12 16 103 704 120 161 40 0 16 238 222 117 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0
ACCREDITATION 2014 0 28 2015 13 56 2016 24 24 2017 35 40 Total Accreditation Target Accreditation
INTERNSHIPS Student Internships Faculty Internships Total Internships Target Internships 2,055 1,764 1,016 916 810 811 753 508 396 336 386 325 2014 2015 2016 2017
EXTERNAL REVENUE (Thousand of US Dollars) Total Ext. Revenue Target Ext. Revenue $37 Revenue well below targets Serious implications for sustainability of projects $24.84 $24.18 $12.42 $7.90 $6.79 $5.58 $4 2014 2015 2016 2017
REVENUE PER ACE ACE TARGET REVENUE ACTUAL REVENUE TARGET REVENUE PROGRESS ACEGID CEA-CCBAD WACCBIP WACCI CERSA CEFOR OAU-OAK PARK INP-HB DRYLAND AGRIC CETIC 2iE CERHI CEADESE ACEPRD ENSEA CEFTER CEA-MITIC KNUST PAMI CEA-SMA ACENTFDB CEA-SAMEF $100,000 $88,500 $300,000 $501,383 $45,000 $163,800 $500,000 $40,000 $250,000 $350,000 $4,000,000 $200,000 $200,000 $210,000 $750,000 $1,680,126 $317,500 $300,000 $500,000 $300,000 $530,229 $404,500 $737,088 $818,826 $65,221 $223,280 $675,277 $37,015 $152,520 $100,000 $619,610 $19,944 $17,459 $14,674 $21,042 $17,777 $0 $0 $0 $0 $100,000 $88,500 $300,000 $501,383 $45,000 $163,800 $500,000 $40,000 $250,000 $350,000 $4,000,000 $200,000 $200,000 $210,000 $750,000 $1,680,126 $317,500 $300,000 $500,000 $300,000 530% 457% 246% 163% 145% 136% 135% 93% 61% 29% 15% 10% 9% 7% 3% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
RESEARCHPUBLICATIONS Target Research Pubs. Research Pubs. -ACE Expon. (Research Pubs. -ACE) 556 550 398 285 307 163 79 82 2014 2015 2016 2017
DLIs (Disbursement Linked Indicators) ACTUAL RESULTS APRIL 2017 CUMULATIVE RESULTS (2013 - 2017) 2017 RESULTS AS % SHARE OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL # OF STUDENTS 3,718 11,720 32% REGIONAL STUDENTS 1,214 3,186 38% NATIONAL STUDENTS 2,809 8,839 32% FEMALE STUDENTS 918 3,061 30% REG. PHD 68 292 23% REG. MASTERS 316 1,336 24% REG. SHORT COURSE 830 2,374 35% EXTERNAL REVENUE US$4,454.463 US$22,850,518 19% FAC TRAINED 715 1,951 37% NEW/RVSD CURRICULAR 12 137 9% RESEARCH 556 1,499 37% PARTNERSHIPS 42 299 14%
DLIs 2016 2017 YR 4 Progress Cumulative Results Cumulative Results Cumulative Targets Project End Targets TOTAL STUDENTS REG. STUDENTS ACCREDITATION INTERNSHIPS EXTERNAL REVENUE 8,002 2,788 62 1,705 19,104.987 11,720 4,002 97 2,515 23,559,450 20,115 6,158 210 8,393 146,107,236 58% 65% 46% 30% 16% TOTAL FAC. TRND NEW/RVSD CURRICULA 1,236 125 1,951 137 1,435 219 136% 63% REASEARCH 943 1,499 1,550 97% LONGER-TERM STUDENTS 3,626 5,387 7,016 77% NEW PARTNERSHIPS 257 299 272 110% PROJECT MEETINGS 433 537 270 199% ANNUAL AUDIT 26 36 72 50%
VERIFICATION OF RESULTS 1. January 2014 October 2015
DLRs AGENCY STRATEGY/ METHODOLOGY DLRs 2.1 2.5 (Enrollment, Accreditation & Internships) TECHNOPOLIS Data cleaned by Technopolis Online verification survey Telephone calls where survey unsuccessful DLR 2.6 (Research Publications) ELSEVIER Research publications culled from Scopus database per ACE list of researchers Relevance to ACE objectives determined by subject matter experts DLR 2.7 (External Revenue) Financial Audit Firm Details provided by ACEs on Indicator 4 data sheet Verified as part of general audit and report duly signed DLR 2.8 (Teaching & learning environment) Technical Experts (engineers, architects, etc.) Contracts verified by ACE Project Team Relevant technical person (engineer, architect, etc. physically inspects DLRs 3 & 4 (Fiduciary & Procurement) WB Financial Mgt. Team Verification of submitted and online documentation Review of post-procurement audit reports
ACE 1 Institutional Readiness 2.1 - 2.4 Enrollments & Internships 2.5 2.6 Research Publications 2.7 External Revenue Learning Environment 2.8 Teaching & 3.1 - 3.4 Fiduciary Management 4 Procurement TOTAL AMT Accreditation EARNED (SDR) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2iE ACEGID ACENTFDB ACEPRD CEADESE CEA-MITIC CEFTER CERHI CERSA CETIC DRYLAND 530,000 530,000 260,000 530,000 530,000 530,000 260,000 530,000 530,000 530,000 260,000 299,520 160,175 159,830 79,925 93,600 0 110,625 109,075 101,560 0 227,755 520,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 510,000 510,000 225,000 285,000 510,000 520,000 195,000 435,000 60,000 520,000 135,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65,000 56,875 48,750 48,750 56,875 48,750 48,750 56,875 65,000 48,750 48,750 32,500 32,500 32,500 32,500 32,500 0 32,500 32,500 0 0 32,500 1,957,020 1,542,050 726,080 976,175 1,222,975 1,356,250 899,375 1,163,450 756,560 1,098,750 956,505 252,500 0 0 0 257,500 252,500 0 0 0 252,500 12 13 KNUST OAU-OAK 530,000 260,000 166,605 107,535 0 0 165,000 75,000 0 0 257,500 0 56,875 40,625 32,500 32,500 1,208,480 515,660 14 15 16 17 18 19 PAMI WACCBIP WACCI CEA-SAMEF CEA-SMA CEFOR 530,000 530,000 530,000 530,000 530,000 260,000 191,625 134,890 278,525 199,360 179,560 360,160 0 510,000 520,000 330,000 435,000 330,000 300,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56,875 48,750 48,750 65,000 32,500 56,875 32,500 0 0 0 0 32,500 1,321,000 2,268,640 1,317,275 1,229,360 1,072,060 1,009,535 520,000 130,000 0 0 0 515,000 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 8,720,000 2,960,325 1,170,000 6,570,000 0 1,787,500 999,375 390,000 22,597,200
DLR TOTAL EARNED (SDR) TOTAL MAX SDR % OF MAX SDR EARNED 8,720,000 8,720,000 100% DLR 1: Institutional Readiness 2,960,325 21,890,000 14% DLR 2.1 - 2.4: Enrollments & Internships 1,170,000 9,300,000 13% DLR 2.5: Accreditation 6,570,000 9,300,000 71% DLR 2.6: Research Publications 0 13,920,000 0% DLR 2.7: External Revenue DLR 2.8: Learning & Teaching Environment 1,787,500 18,390,000 10% 999,375 4,290,000 23% DLR 3.1 - 3.4: Fiduciary Management 390,000 4,290,000 9% DLR 4: Procurement TOTAL 22,597,200 90,100,000 25%
VERIFICATION OF RESULTS 2. November 2015 December 2016
ACE 2.1 - 2.4 Enrollments & Internships Draft verification reports shared with individual centres Results show number of students verified and not results achieved 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2iE ACEGID ACENTFDB ACEPRD CEADESE CEA-MITIC CEFTER CERHI CERSA CETIC DRYLAND 202,080 66,460 97,445 111,680 167,573 282,965 268,105 136,498 154,958 32,045 Verified results for other DLRs to be incorporated in verification report once finalized 10 11 142,025 157,100 12 13 KNUST OAU-OAK 154,815 229,865 230,345 302,835 37,775 104,050 231,985 14 15 16 17 18 19 PAMI WACCBIP WACCI CEA-SAMEF CEA-SMA CEFOR TOTAL 3,110,603
Verification Verification Challenges Challenges Quality of data submitted by ACEs o Inconsistencies in data o Missing data o Modification of reporting template Technical challenges o Internet access/ connectivity issues o Online survey links not working
VERIFICATION PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS VERIFICATION PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AGENCY DLRs IMPROVEMENTS DLRs 2.1 2.5 (Enrollment, Accreditation & Internships) TECHNOPOLIS Process fast tracked to complete in 3 months Phone calls done in parallel and not in sequence Reporting simplified and modified indicator definitions incorporated Short term serious problem in the verification- figure out way to do it just after the courses DLR 2.6 (Research Publications) ELSEVIER Verification based on lists from ACEs New template introduced to facilitate analysis ACEs to indicate authors affiliated to them DLR 2.7 (External Revenue) Financial Audit Firm ACEs to provide in addition to endorsed Indicator 4 data sheet, contact details of Audit Firm DLR 2.8 (Teaching & Learning Environment) Consultant Milestones developed and agreed Reporting of milestones and compilation regularized DLRs 3 & 4 (Fiduciary Mgt. & Procurement) WB Finance & Project Teams
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