Final performance evaluation of the school-community partnership serving orphan and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS (SCOPSO) project

To this effect, the task evaluation of the process was devoted to assess the key results and illustrative activities, the outcomes, challenges, lessons learnt, and level of satisfaction of the key stakeholders. In particular, the final performance evaluation of the SCOPSO project was conducted with the objectives to: (1) determine and verify the quantitative and qualitative results (input, output and, outcome) of the project since its inception vis-a-vis the project agreement, aim, objective and results; (2) assesses the project's approach and methodology to achieve the project objective and key results; (3) assesses the project's management structure, staff composition and relationships/partnerships with schools, communities, local host government entities, NGOs, Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and other stakeholders are pertinent to achieve the projects objective and results; and (4) explore the level of satisfaction on the part of the Ministry of Education, regional education bureaus, Woreda Education Offices, schools, communities and beneficiary OVCs and their parents/guardians and others. In response to the evaluation's scope of work (SOW) provided by USAID/Ethiopia, the core evaluation team drafted and submitted questions and strategies designed to collect qualitative and quantitative data about the performance of the project. A very useful briefing and planning meeting was conducted with mission and World Learning-Ethiopia colleagues to further refine the objectives, the focus of the questions, and the approach of the evaluation. (Excerpt, modified)