AFRICA CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PROJECT Project Status & Results L’Etat du Projet et Résultats Adeline Addy, M&E Officer, AAU 13th Project Steering Committee Meeting November 1, 2018, Accra, Ghana

CUMULATIVE PROJECT PDO RESULTS  Disbursement-linked Indicators (DLIs) Jan – Sept 2018 Actual Results 2018 Cumulative Results End Target PAD Progress to Project End Targets PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES (PDO) Total Students 4,520 21,286 15,600 ACHIEVED Regional Students 1,548 6,976 8,900 78% Accreditation 30 173 15 Internships 1,090 3,921 5,900 47% External Revenue $5,301,982.00 36,043,480 $8,000,000 INTERMEDIATE RESULTS Faculty Trained 443 2,821 900 New/Revised Curricula 16 211 60 Research Publications 324 2,015 1,331 New Partnerships 117 447 170 Project Meetings 149 889 120 Global overview of PDO achievements as at September 2018. Six out of the 10 indicator targets have been achieved and even exceeded in some cases. Accreditation and New/Revised Curricula are on track with results exceeding the 80% mark. Internships and External Revenue are still below the 50% mark.

STUDENT ENROLLMENT

STUDENT ENROLLMENT (2014 – 2018) Overall total enrolment increased by approx. 5,000 over the last year and the trend is also reflected in enrolllment for the various courses. 2018 Figures represent results for 9 months only. It is therefore expected that they may increase further by close of the year.

ENROLLMENT BY COURSE PER ACE (2014 – 2018) This graph shows the performance per ACE at PhD level. 8 ACEs exceeded the average PhD enrolment of 93 students with CEA-SMA (Benin) enrolling above 200 PhDs over the entire project life. 14 out of 22 ACEs performed below average and therefore the need to push for higher enrolment at the PhD level. We however note that centres have put in place strategies to address this. ENSEA for example has just introduced its first PhD programme. We are likely tot see the numbers increase by early 2019.

ENROLLMENT BY COURSE PER ACE (2014 – 2018) At Masters level, again we have 8 ACEs exceeding the average enrolment of 392 students with CEA-2iE (Burkina Faso) enrolling over 1,500 Masters since the startb of the project. CEA-MITIC (Senegal) and CEA-CETIC (Cameroon) follow with approximately 1000 students. However, the majority of the centres performed below average. We note here that we are yet to receive the 2018 reports for the last three centres, namely, CEA-CCBAD, ACEGID and WACCI so we can expect an increase in the numbers by our next meeting.

STUDENT INTERNSHIPS & FACULTY OUTREACH (2014 – 2018) Internships have generally seen an upward trend since the start of the project. For the period January – September 2018, we see a slight decrease but this is because it’s the result for a nine-month period while that for the preceding periods are for a full year

STUDENT INTERNSHIPS & FACULTY OUTREACH (2014 – 2018) This graph shows internships is a challenge as only 5 out of the 22 ACEs are above the average of 178 Internships and outreaches. For many of the centres, availability of relevant industries has been the challenge.

QUALITY EDUCATION & RESEARCH 12 Education Programmes internationally accredited AQAS: 6 Programmes WACCI (1) KNUST (5) HCERES: 6 Programmes CEA-SAMEF (4) CEA-SMA (2) For 2017 most accreditations obtained were national. In 2018, we have more international accreditations – an increase from 14% to 40%. Similarly, Gap/Self-Assessments incrased significantly from 6% to 40%

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M&E FOR VERIFICATION

DIGITIZATION OF ACE REPORTING Preserve ACE 1 data and information beyond the project life. Simplify the role of data collection. Facilitate data analysis and verification Learn from this process

Reports submission – annual report and indicator files PROGRESS & NEXT STEPS Capturing ACE details, details of universities hosting ACES, contacts information at the ACE and host university and ACE Programmes Reports submission – annual report and indicator files Uploaded all the following ACE Reports : 2014/2015; 2016 and 2017 Cleaning up of data – Nov./December 2018 Pilot of the system in December 2018

M&E FOR VERIFICATION DLRs ACTIVITIES NEXT STEPS 2.1 – 2.4 (Enrolment & Internships) Verification completed and letters issued 1 month following the ACE I Ouagadougou Workshop JAN – MAR 2019 Verification 2.5 (Accreditation) Results verified on demand and letters issued immediately ON DEMAND 2.6 (Research Publications) Verification completed by August and letters issued in October 2.7 (External Revenue) 2.8 (Teaching & Learning Environment) Results verified for 12 ACEs in April, June & September and letters issued immediately DECEMBER 2018 – Every quarter 2019 3 & 4 (Financial Management & Procurement) Verification completed and letters issued in October AUGUST 2019

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