The Childscope approach : a handbook for improving primary education through local initiative

This is a handbook that discusses the Childscope approach in Ghana, which aims to improve primary education, enrolment, and attendance (particularly by girls). It offers a guide of how to do this through the use of participatory, school and community-based approaches. It gives descriptions of processes used to enhance community participation, teacher development, health promotion, networking and capacity building, as well as practical experiences from the Childscope project in the Afram plains, advice to practitioners based on lessons learnt there, and references for further information.