Making schools count

While a school improvement plan is a slow incremental agenda requiring years to effect change, a turnaround programme is a quick fix. “It is a dramatic and comprehensive intervention in a low achieving school that produces significant gains in student outcomes within two academic years” (Calkins, Guether, Belfore and Lash 2009).

A turnaround programme clearly understands that education cannot wait. And in the words of Dr Collie Monkge, former permanent secretary (PS) at the Ministry of Basic Education (MOBE), every child must succeed. This means access to quality education is the fundamental right of every child.