Client: World Bank
Value: £98,000

The Government of Ethiopia and development partners recently launched an 8 year comprehensive quality improvement programme – GEQIP (General Education Quality Improvement Programme) to enhance quality of education in Ethiopian schools commensurate with the significant increase in access to general education witnessed in the past decade. The programme deals with a variety of issues ranging from curriculum to teacher education to textbooks and the management and administration of schools and the education sector as a whole. Given the enormity of the programme (approximately $1 billion), a comprehensive and detailed assessment of available capacity to implement GEQUIP and the implementation of a capacity development programme are central to the success of the programme.

Client: DFID
Value: £84m

Client: EC
Value: £2.7 million

Client: MINEDUC
Value: £250,000

Client: DFID
Value: £15.3m

The aim of this project was to develop capacities and systems to implement sustainable state programmes in 16 Nigerian states with the goal of increasing and improving access to Universal Basic Education. Among many initiatives, the British Council focused on enhancing State and Local Government planning, management and monitoring; and strengthening school management through community participation. The British Council also worked with Federal agencies and state ministries to improve the quality, accessibility and use of school and community education data and to work to improve HIV/AIDS awareness.

Client: MoE
Value: £40,000

The British Council is contributing to education development in Ethiopia through two consultancies that will support the General Education Quality Improvement Programme (GEQIP), which in turn supports the Third Education Sector Development Programme (ESDP III): English Language Teaching Improvement Programme (ELTIP); and Schools-based English Mentoring (SBEM). The ELTIP consultancy focuses on improving English language learning in schools through the development of teacher training and trainer training programmes; the SBEM consultancy will assist MoE to develop a schools-based mentoring programme and a Trainers of English Mentors programme.

Client: Ministry of Education / DFID / SIDA
Value: £0.5m

Client: DFID
Value: £1m

The project aim was to enable the Mozambique Ministry of Education and Culture to establish a Department of Open and Distance Learning in order to support the delivery of secondary and teacher education across the country. The technical assistance team worked with the Ministry of Education to develop and implement a work plan for the new department to support other directorates, especially the directorates of Secondary Education and Professional Development, to improve basic education, adult literacy, pre-service and in-service training.  The technical assistance team provided training and support in evidence-based policy and strategy development, instructional design and materials development; financial and personnel management; leadership and management skills; research, feasibility studies, monitoring and evaluation and quality assurance; database and consultancy management skills.

Client: DFID
Value: £1.2m

Client: UNDP
Value: £200,000

British Council delivered English language training courses for the Government of South Sudan (GoSS), including 150 members of the Judiciary, and the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development. The training was commissioned by UNDP as part of their capacity building support to GoSS. The aim of the training was to develop the English Language ability of members of GoSS to a point where participants are able to carry out their functions in English. The programme was commended by both the Minister of Legal and Constitutional Development, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, leading to the British Council to begin working with GoSS on a training programme for a further 200 – 500 members of the Judiciary.

Client: UK Ministry of Defence, FCO and DFID
Value: £1.9m (Africa, 2005-2010)

As well as managing its current projects, the Peacekeeping English Project meets requests worldwide to design and implement English language projects to minimise conflict. In sub-Saharan Africa we are working in Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique and DR Congo training peacekeepers, interpreters, military and security forces to use English to support the national and international peacekeeping effort.

Client: DFID
Value: £15m

The British Council is the Managing Agent for DeLPHE - Development Partnerships in Higher Education, a £3 million a year DFID grant funded programme to develop global Higher Education partnerships in support of the MDGs, specifically in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia. The overall goal of DelPHE is to enable HEIs to act as catalysts for poverty reduction and sustainable development. DelPHE aims to achieve this by building and strengthening the capacity of HEIs to contribute towards the MDGs and promote science and technology related knowledge and skills. It is anticipated that around 200 partnerships will be funded during the lifetime of the scheme. HEIs will be eligible to apply for funding from DFID’s 22 bilateral focus countries, including 14 countries in Sub Saharan Africa. To date, the British Council, working with the Association of Commonwealth Universities, has facilitated the establishment of over 120 North-South and South-South partnerships through three application rounds.