Monitoring and Evaluation Checklist
A monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system follows changes over time on some indicators related to key topics affecting hygiene, sanitation, and water in schools.
Topic / IndicatorsHygiene risk practices of schoolchildren, teachers, and family members / The hygiene behavior among schoolchildren and their understanding of “good” and “bad” practices. The most important practices to be studied are methods of human excreta disposal; hand washing, especially with soap, clay, or mud; and drinking water source choice. The locally prevailing health problems/diseases and the priority concerns of local people, and the baseline data collected, will determine any specific additional practices to be investigated.
Current hygiene conditions in schools / The presence and conditions of water supply, sanitation, hand washing facilities, and solid waste disposal all influence to what extent schoolchildren and staff can practice better hygiene. Physical conditions such as lack of drainage or hard-to-clean latrine slabs can also introduce new health risks.
Primary, secondary, and tertiary target groups / Changes in target groups, such as:
Primary: school children, teachers, other school staff
Secondary: parents and other family members
Tertiary: wider community, primary health staff and local education officials
Causes that prevent hygiene behavior change for each target group / Cultural and financial constraints
Methods of reaching the different target audiences and communicating main messages / The relevance of the messages to both sexes in the different social and age groups, and the effectiveness of ways to get them across through classes, word of mouth, social gatherings, radio, TV, and other channels of communication.
Hardware outputs / Number of schoolchildren with access to facilities, number of facilities built, etc.
Types of technology and service level / Details on technologies chosen
System performance / Performance of project facilities over time
Cost and cost recovery / Financial reports
Organization and management / Effectiveness of Hygiene Committee, Project Implementation Unit, and input from individual schools and government representatives
Overall effects of the program / Health statistics (Note that health impacts will only begin to show up after a critical mass of behavior change has been achieved for a sufficiently long time).
Attendance rates, preferably specified by age, sex, race, and social class
Overall cost effectiveness of the program / Overall financial overview and, if possible, an analysis of the financial consequences of the project (cost—benefit analysis)