Just to share interesting experiences from trainings focused on improving pupils' performance. In May 2008, we conducted a training workshop on Teacher effectiveness aimed at equipping teachers with skills in setting Standardised tests, effective lesson delivery and participatory methods of teaching. I was all smiles when teachers from Ruhiira MVP schools and outside the project area set the first set of papers which we processed and pupils from P5-P7 sat for them at the end of this second term 2008. I even got excited when one head teacher commented; 'What pleased me was that pupils performed well in these exams and we didn't have to pay for papers which teachers did not set'.
I realised that pupils fail some examinations due to the fact that they have not covered the content therein. This set was particularly an encouragement to them.