{"id":2863,"date":"2025-04-14T12:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2025-04-15T21:30:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T21:30:28","slug":"managing-for-learning-building-collective-action-to-improve-senior-secondary-schools-in-ghana-a-case-of-tatale-e-p-agric-senior-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/2025\/04\/14\/managing-for-learning-building-collective-action-to-improve-senior-secondary-schools-in-ghana-a-case-of-tatale-e-p-agric-senior-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing for Learning: Building collective action to improve senior secondary schools in Ghana. A case of\u00a0Tatale E.P Agric Senior High School."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2863\" class=\"elementor elementor-2863\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21c57be elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"21c57be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-251de68\" data-id=\"251de68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d452d7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-post-title\" data-id=\"3d452d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"wpr-post-title\">Managing for Learning: Building collective action to improve senior secondary schools in Ghana. A case of\u00a0Tatale E.P Agric Senior High School.<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9a0d35\" data-id=\"c9a0d35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f623fc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"f623fc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><a href=\"https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\" class=\"btn btn-secondary\">\u2190 Back to Home<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7501b6 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"f7501b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73028cb\" data-id=\"73028cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05ab808 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05ab808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2><em><strong>\u201cThere was a notion that the school<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>\u00a0only<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>\u00a0belonged to the head<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>mast<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>er and the teachers. After th<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>e<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>\u00a0engagement we saw that we were also very important and responsible for the school. Their issues are our issues\u2014we are committed to supporting them at all times.\u201d-\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Obore Kofi Yankosor Gariba II, Paramount Chief of Tatale-Sanguli.<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ca563c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"9ca563c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5117dba\" data-id=\"5117dba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65aeb3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65aeb3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-1-1024x767.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2866\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-1-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-1-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-1.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13aa6c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13aa6c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Paramount chief of Tatale Sanguli and his sub-chiefs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae5439a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"ae5439a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-099bd1e\" data-id=\"099bd1e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-148deb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"148deb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0\u2018Managing for Learning\u2019 is a new approach which is being implemented by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education in 12 secondary schools across the country as part of the Secondary Education Transformation Programme (SETP) supported by T-TEL and the Mastercard Foundation.<\/p><p>Managing for Learning is based on the principle that schools and the stakeholders involved in their management, operations and governance are best placed to understand the issues inhibiting student attainment and that, with support and facilitation, they can take the lead in owning and developing solutions to their challenges. Traditional leaders, community members and parents are all important stakeholders and Managing for Learning places them at the centre of the change process.<\/p><p>Tatale E.P Agric Senior High School is located in the town of Tatale in the Northern Region of Ghana, about three hours\u2019 drive east of Tamale. \u00a0The school, which was established in 1998, is a mixed boarding school with approximately 750 students. It was one of 47 schools across the country which were invited to apply to be part of the Secondary Education Transformation Programme (SETP) by the Ministry of Education and GES in 2021. The school submitted a successful application and was very pleased to be one of only 12 schools nationwide which was selected for SETP.<\/p><p>SETP began with three-days of stakeholder engagement and problem-solving sessions in December 2021. As part of this stakeholder engagement process, the school invited the paramount chief, \u00a0parents and community members to a series of \u00a0consultative meetings to discuss issues affecting student achievement and strategize ways to improve learning.<\/p><p>As a retired educationist, enskinned as the paramount chief of Tatale-Sanguli, Obore Kofi Yankosor\u00a0Gariba\u00a0II was delighted to be part of the process as it enabled the community to work with the school to identify issues and develop solutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0050109 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"0050109\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91e60d7\" data-id=\"91e60d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa2bd2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa2bd2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-2-1024x767.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2867\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-2-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-2-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-2.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c395b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c395b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Delegates of the Paramount Chief of Tatale-Sanguli at an initial briefing session on the Managing for Learning approach<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08711b1 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"08711b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8f987a\" data-id=\"a8f987a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1384e33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1384e33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These engagement sessions saw five different groups of participants- school management and board, teachers, non-teaching staff, students, parents and community members- developing responsibility matrixes and participatory maps of the stakeholders involved in running the school and assessing how well they were currently playing their respective roles. Each group of participants then identified what they felt were the most significant issues in the school and ranked these using a process called pairwise ranking.<\/p><p>Then the different stakeholder groups came together in a plenary session to agree collectively as a school community on the priority issues facing the school. They then broke into their separate groups again to develop issue trees which helped them to understand the root causes of the problems that they were facing. \u00a0They then used an impact grid to identify those factors that would have both a high impact on student attainment and which the school had high influence over and would be possible to implement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5812df elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"c5812df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42da2dc\" data-id=\"42da2dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e077033 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e077033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-3-1024x767.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2868\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-3-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-3-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-3.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcb0920 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcb0920\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>A stakeholder group discussing and identifying issues that affect student achievement<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d26228a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"d26228a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6de125b\" data-id=\"6de125b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e5d75c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e5d75c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These high-impact, very-possible issues and actions were then used by the school community to develop a School Improvement Plan.<\/p><p>Tatale E.P. Agric Senior High School\u2019s stakeholders collectively identified:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Teacher and Student Indiscipline<\/strong>\u00a0including absenteeism, inadequate preparation of lessons and an ineffective disciplinary committee.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Inad<\/strong><strong>equate infrastructure<\/strong>\u00a0including lack of maintenance culture in the school; and inadequate financial resources from the MoE, IGF and parental support.<\/li><li><strong>Lack of motivation and appreciation of teachers<\/strong>\u00a0by school management. Factors causing lack of motivation included the absence of certain teaching and learning materials, award schemes, welfare packages and toilet facilities for both teachers and students.<\/li><\/ul><p>After conducting further research, the school community came together again in January 2022 to finalize their School Improvement Plan. This Plan has five objectives, the first two of which are:<\/p><ol><li>To improve the quality of leadership and management through the provision of structured and accredited leadership training for School Management and School Boards.<\/li><li>To improve the quality and relevance of teaching and learning through the introduction of regular, structured Professional Learning Community (PLC) sessions for all teachers.<\/li><\/ol><p>Both of these objectives will be fully funded by GES and T-TEL and will be implemented in collaboration with the other 11 participating SETP schools. The final three objectives in Tatale E.P. Agric Senior High School\u2019s Improvement Plan are unique to the school and are:<\/p><ol start=\"3\"><li>To improve the level of discipline among staff and students through a well-structured monitoring plan, strengthen the existing disciplinary structures and sustained parental engagement programmes.<\/li><li>To improve and maintain the infrastructural needs of the school through the collaborative efforts by all key stakeholders.<\/li><li>To put in place mechanisms to motivate both staff and students to enhance effective teaching and learning.<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ol><p>The school will be provided with GHS 100,000 over the next twelve months to implement these three objectives.\u00a0 The school community will be supported to conduct regular problem solving meetings to ensure that implementation is on track and they will have to report on a monthly basis to GES and the Ministry of Education on progress.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13d5dac elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"13d5dac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e83c5aa\" data-id=\"e83c5aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44cc1ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>\u00a0Students during stakeholder mapping session<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66576df elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"66576df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7cfae1\" data-id=\"f7cfae1\" 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1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93959a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93959a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 List of issues identified by a stakeholder group<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-591de6b elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"591de6b\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-6-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-6-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MFL-6.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dbca04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dbca04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>\u00a0 <b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Cross-section of stakeholders<\/span><\/i><\/b><br \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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Community members expressed their commitment to supporting the school. \u00a0There was a sense of responsibility \u2014 everyone agreed on what the priorities are, and everyone is involved in the process to support and improve the school.<\/p><p><em><strong>\u00a0\u201d I am happy our concerns are now being addressed, and I feel happy to be part of the process\u201d \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>Teaching staff<\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>\u201cAs a student, I was worried management would take decisions without us\u2026 I am so glad that that did not happen because we were part of the [decision-making] process\u201d<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0\u2013 Female student<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing for Learning: Building collective action to improve senior secondary schools in Ghana. A case of\u00a0Tatale E.P Agric Senior High School. \u00a0 \u201cThere was a notion that the school\u00a0only\u00a0belonged to the headmaster and the teachers. After the\u00a0engagement we saw that we were also very important and responsible for the school. Their issues are our issues\u2014we are committed to supporting them at all times.\u201d-\u00a0Obore Kofi Yankosor Gariba II, Paramount Chief of Tatale-Sanguli. Paramount chief of Tatale Sanguli and his sub-chiefs The\u00a0\u2018Managing for Learning\u2019 is a new approach which is being implemented by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education in 12 secondary schools across the country as part of the Secondary Education Transformation Programme (SETP) supported by T-TEL and the Mastercard Foundation. Managing for Learning is based on the principle that schools and the stakeholders involved in their management, operations and governance are best placed to understand the issues inhibiting student attainment and that, with support and facilitation, they can take the lead in owning and developing solutions to their challenges. Traditional leaders, community members and parents are all important stakeholders and Managing for Learning places them at the centre of the change process. Tatale E.P Agric Senior High School is located in the town of Tatale in the Northern Region of Ghana, about three hours\u2019 drive east of Tamale. \u00a0The school, which was established in 1998, is a mixed boarding school with approximately 750 students. It was one of 47 schools across the country which were invited to apply to be part of the Secondary Education Transformation Programme (SETP) by the Ministry of Education and GES in 2021. The school submitted a successful application and was very pleased to be one of only 12 schools nationwide which was selected for SETP. SETP began with three-days of stakeholder engagement and problem-solving sessions in December 2021. As part of this stakeholder engagement process, the school invited the paramount chief, \u00a0parents and community members to a series of \u00a0consultative meetings to discuss issues affecting student achievement and strategize ways to improve learning. As a retired educationist, enskinned as the paramount chief of Tatale-Sanguli, Obore Kofi Yankosor\u00a0Gariba\u00a0II was delighted to be part of the process as it enabled the community to work with the school to identify issues and develop solutions. Delegates of the Paramount Chief of Tatale-Sanguli at an initial briefing session on the Managing for Learning approach These engagement sessions saw five different groups of participants- school management and board, teachers, non-teaching staff, students, parents and community members- developing responsibility matrixes and participatory maps of the stakeholders involved in running the school and assessing how well they were currently playing their respective roles. Each group of participants then identified what they felt were the most significant issues in the school and ranked these using a process called pairwise ranking. Then the different stakeholder groups came together in a plenary session to agree collectively as a school community on the priority issues facing the school. They then broke into their separate groups again to develop issue trees which helped them to understand the root causes of the problems that they were facing. \u00a0They then used an impact grid to identify those factors that would have both a high impact on student attainment and which the school had high influence over and would be possible to implement. A stakeholder group discussing and identifying issues that affect student achievement These high-impact, very-possible issues and actions were then used by the school community to develop a School Improvement Plan. Tatale E.P. Agric Senior High School\u2019s stakeholders collectively identified: Teacher and Student Indiscipline\u00a0including absenteeism, inadequate preparation of lessons and an ineffective disciplinary committee.\u00a0 Inadequate infrastructure\u00a0including lack of maintenance culture in the school; and inadequate financial resources from the MoE, IGF and parental support. Lack of motivation and appreciation of teachers\u00a0by school management. Factors causing lack of motivation included the absence of certain teaching and learning materials, award schemes, welfare packages and toilet facilities for both teachers and students. After conducting further research, the school community came together again in January 2022 to finalize their School Improvement Plan. This Plan has five objectives, the first two of which are: To improve the quality of leadership and management through the provision of structured and accredited leadership training for School Management and School Boards. To improve the quality and relevance of teaching and learning through the introduction of regular, structured Professional Learning Community (PLC) sessions for all teachers. Both of these objectives will be fully funded by GES and T-TEL and will be implemented in collaboration with the other 11 participating SETP schools. The final three objectives in Tatale E.P. Agric Senior High School\u2019s Improvement Plan are unique to the school and are: To improve the level of discipline among staff and students through a well-structured monitoring plan, strengthen the existing disciplinary structures and sustained parental engagement programmes. To improve and maintain the infrastructural needs of the school through the collaborative efforts by all key stakeholders. To put in place mechanisms to motivate both staff and students to enhance effective teaching and learning. The school will be provided with GHS 100,000 over the next twelve months to implement these three objectives.\u00a0 The school community will be supported to conduct regular problem solving meetings to ensure that implementation is on track and they will have to report on a monthly basis to GES and the Ministry of Education on progress. \u00a0Students during stakeholder mapping session \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 List of issues identified by a stakeholder group \u00a0 Cross-section of stakeholders There was some excellent feedback from participants who shared their experiences at the various levels of engagement. Community members expressed their commitment to supporting the school. \u00a0There was a sense of responsibility \u2014 everyone agreed on what the priorities are, and everyone is involved in the process to support and improve the school. \u00a0\u201d I am happy our concerns are now being addressed, and I feel happy to be part of the process\u201d \u2013\u00a0Teaching staff \u201cAs a student, I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NewsItem15.jpg",1500,1000,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NewsItem15-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NewsItem15-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NewsItem15-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NewsItem15-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NewsItem15.jpg",1500,1000,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NewsItem15.jpg",1500,1000,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Eyram","author_link":"https:\/\/egascapitalltd.com\/beta\/author\/eyram\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Managing for Learning: Building collective action to improve senior secondary schools in Ghana. 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