Abstract
The Community-Schools Partnership Program (CSPP), with Save the Children Federation, USA in the lead, builds on a long history of USAID-supported efforts that have focused on increasing community support for education, beginning with BESO Community-School Activities Program (CSAP), implemented by World Learning (WL) in SNNPR and by the Tigray Development Association (TDA) in Tigray between 1997 and 2001, following by the Community Government Partnership Program (CGPP)(2001-2007), expanded to more regions. CGPP was also implemented by WL and Tigray and, under the name SCOPE, by Save the Children.CSPP targets 1,800 primary schools in some of the most disadvantaged parts of the country; in addition to support for education, CSPP provides support for water, health and sanitation. The CSPP is a three-year contract signed in February 2008. It has received a cost and time extension for a current scheduled end date of August 2011.