Policy brief - Effective monitoring to improve the quality of teaching and

• Findings corroborate that many schools do not meet many of the minimum standards and expectations, such as access to clean water, clean latrines, safeguarding training and protocols, respectful disciplining techniques, teachers in every classroom, use of textbooks and basic teaching techniques and availability of proper seats in classrooms for every student. [...] • These results show that the development and implementation of a sound and effective monitoring framework in schools could drastically improve the quality of teaching and learning in Freetown schools. [...] Through a school leader survey and classroom observations, several questions were asked: • Are teachers in schools? • Are schools clean and safe? • Do schools meet minimum standards of teaching, learning and safety? • What are the current schools’ supervision experiences? Data was collected through a school survey administered to Principals and/ or Head Teachers of 113 primary and junior secondary. [...] Teacher and school staff need to be held accountable for not meeting standards and expectations, and it is school leaders’ responsibility to ensure their roles and responsibilities are understood and enforced. [...] • This data corroborates the need for the design and implementation of a monitoring system that enables FCC to monitor and improve the quality of education in its schools.