USAID Education M&E Program - MENA

International Development Agency — Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt & Morocco

Overview

International DevelopmentMENAJordan, Lebanon, Egypt & Morocco

Client: International Development Agency

The Challenge

A USAID-funded education improvement program operating across four MENA countries needed a rigorous monitoring and evaluation partner to measure program impact on student learning outcomes, teacher effectiveness, and school management practices. The M&E design required baseline and endline surveys of 45,000 students, teachers, and parents across 500 schools, along with quarterly performance monitoring visits. Previous M&E contractors had struggled with access to schools in conflict-affected areas of Lebanon and logistical challenges in rural Morocco.

Our Solution

Ginger Research assembled a dedicated M&E team of 10 researchers and 70 field interviewers across the four countries, managed from our Amman office with local coordination in each country. We designed a mixed-methods evaluation framework combining structured student assessments, teacher classroom observation protocols, parent surveys, and semi-structured interviews with school administrators. Our field teams leveraged existing relationships with education ministries to secure school access, and we developed conflict-sensitive protocols for data collection in areas of Lebanon affected by the Syrian refugee crisis. Quarterly monitoring reports provided USAID with real-time program performance indicators against agreed targets.

Results

Completed 45,000 baseline and endline interviews across 500 schools in four countries
Evaluation findings demonstrated statistically significant improvements in student learning outcomes
Quarterly monitoring reports enabled mid-course corrections that improved program targeting
Program renewed for an additional three years based on the strength of M&E evidence