Procedure

First, the Working Group that executes the competition determines the area where it is going to take place. The number of participating schools must be manageable and may be 30 or more depending on the situation of the country.

Next, questionnaires are handed out to the schools. On the basis of the answers given, a first evaluation* is made, with the ensuing selection of perhaps a handful schools that stand out most. These candidate schools are then visited, without notice, by members of the Working Group, in order to verify the written answers of the questionnaire.

The candidate schools must declare what they plan to do with the prize money in case they win the competition. The winning school receives the Makaranta Prize worth 1.500 Euros. In some cases it may be split between a First and a Second Prize.

The Prize is conferred to the winner in a festive and public ceremony.

See for example: Ceremony in Mozambique, 2007.

Possible criteria:

pedagogical success
co-operation between teachers, parents, and students
percentage of girls in the student body
integration of the handicapped
promotion of native languages
ecological aspects of the instruction
vocational education in areas such as gardening, livestock breeding, and crafts
tidiness and cleanliness of the school grounds
extracurricular activities

Questionnaire

(Example / Exemple / Beispiel)

MAKARANTA PRIZE

RATING EXERCISE

Name of the rating person :

Name of the school :

Description Notation

I. School Information (20 points)

Total percentage of girls

- < 33 % 0

- 33 to 49% 1

- 50 to 55% 3

- > 56% 4

2. Survival rate for girls from P1 to P6 2

(5% fluctuation)

3. Increase of % of girls from P1 to P6 1

4. Difference of overall figures from P6 to P7 2

5. Survival rate for overall figures fr P1 to P6 1

6. Number of orphans

- 25% > 8

- 24% - 15% 6

- 14% - 10% 4

- 9% - 5% 2

- 4 % - 1% 1

7. Number of teachers Male…. F…. 1

8. Posts filled….. Vacant…..(5% fluctuation) 1

Total Notation I :…

II. School Facilities (10 points)

1. Number of toilets

- Teachers….. Boys ….. Girls …. 1+1+1

2. Water point 1

3. Housing

- Headteacher….. Teachers ….. 1+1

4. Sports ground 2

5. School garden 2

Total Notation II :

III. School Operations (26)

1. School library/bookstore Yes…. No …. 1

2. Study room/corner Yes … No 1

3. Are books lent out to students Yes…No…. 1

4. Can students take books home Yes…No…. 1

5. Are books used in the classroom

- Always ….. Sometimes ….. Never …. 2 + 1 + 0

6. Does the school provide lunch to students

Yes …..No…. 1

7. Do parents provide a school lunch

Yes…. No …. 1

8. List of sports activities 5

9. List of cultural activities 5

10. List of gardening /production activities 5

11. Subjective points (optional) 2

Total Notation III : ….

IV. Community Relations ( 14 points)

1. Regular meetings of the School Management

Yes …. No …… 1

2. When the last meeting ….. 2

3. Parents/teachers Association

Yes …. No …. 1

4. Regular meetings parents representative/

school administration

Yes …..No …. 1

5. When the last meeting 2

6. Parents involvement in school activities

List of activities parents undertook last year 2 + 2 + 2

7. Visit of the school inspector 1

Total Notation IV : …..

V. School Performance (15 points)

1. Number of children who took PLE last year

Male …… Female …… 2(female)

2. How many children passed

Division 1 : > / = 15% 6

3. How many children passed

Division 1 : < 15 >1 4

4. How many children passed

Division 2 3

5. How many children passed

Division 3 1

Total Notation V : ….

VI. School Vision ( 16 points)

1. List of recent initiatives taken to improve school life 5

2. List of particular achievements which make the school

a suitable candidate for the Makaranta prize 5

3. Subjective points (optional) 6

Total Notation VI : ….