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Case Study Report  \nPrepared by  \nSocial Impact Insights Africa  \nSubmitted to UNICEF  \n13 December 2024  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................. 5  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 20  \n1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 23  \n1.1 Background and purpose of the evaluation ...................................................................... 23  \n2.1.1 Objectives of the overall evaluation ........................................................................... 23  \n1.2 Structure of the report ....................................................................................................... 24  \n2. CONTEXT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT OF THE EVALUATION .........................25  \n2.1 Policy and programming context....................................................................................... 25  \nMultigrade Schools: A brief international and national literature review ............................. 27  \n2.2 EGRP II Programme Description and Objectives ............................................................. 29  \n2.3 EGRP II Stakeholders and their roles ............................................................................... 30  \n2.4 High-Level Theory of Change ........................................................................................... 31  \n3. EVALUATION FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY .......................................................... 33  \n3.1 Evaluation Design ............................................................................................................. 33  \n3.2 Evaluation Scope .............................................................................................................. 33  \n3.3 Evaluation Criteria ............................................................................................................. 34  \n3.4 Evaluation Questions ........................................................................................................ 35  \n3.5 Ethical approach and safeguarding .................................................................................. 36  \n3.5 Methodology ..................................................................................................................... 36  \n3.5.1 Summary of overall EGRP II evaluation methodology ................................................... 36  \n3.5.2 Case Study Methodology ............................................................................................... 37  \n3.5.2.1 Rationale for using Case Studies ............................................................................ 37  \n3.5.2.2 Sampling ................................................................................................................. 39  \n3.5.2.3 Instrument development ......................................................................................... 39  \n3.5.2.4 Training, Pilot and Data Collection .......................................................................... 40  \n3.5.2.5 Analytical Approaches ............................................................................................ 42  \n3.5.2.6 Limitations on the Case Study ................................................................................ 42  \n3.5.2.7 Case Study Outputs ................................................................................................ 42  \n4. CASE Study Findings ............................................................................................................. 44  \n4.1 Case study sample completion ...................................................","cbCaibo3iNbhGqMs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibo3iNbhGqMs","pdf",1809464,155,"English","# Acronyms\n# Executive Summary\n# 1. Introduction\n## Background and purpose of the evaluation\n# 2. Context and Description of the Object of the Evaluation\n## Policy and programming context\n# 3. Evaluation Framework and Methodology\n## Evaluation Design\n# 4. 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