Monitoring and Evaluation in the Public Sector
Plan, track and judge public programmes in Ghana: build logframes and indicators, collect trustworthy data, write Annual Progress Reports and use findings in budgets.
What you'll learn
- Explain how Ghana's national M&E system links NDPC guidelines, Medium-Term Development Plans and Annual Progress Reports
- Build a results chain, a simple theory of change and a logframe for a public programme
- Write SMART indicators with baselines, targets, disaggregation and clear data sources
- Draw up an M&E plan and indicator reference sheet that a colleague could follow without you
- Choose suitable data collection methods and check data quality before it goes into a report
- Write an Annual Progress Report section that explains results, not only activities
- Plan or commission an evaluation using the OECD DAC criteria
- Use M&E findings in management decisions and in programme-based budget submissions
Who this course is for
- Planning officers and members of District Planning Coordinating Units
- Budget officers preparing programme-based and composite budgets
- Programme and project staff in MDAs and MMDAs who report on results
- Officers in Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorates
- Development partner and NGO staff who work alongside government programmes
Course content
8 sections · 42 lessons · 6h 57mStart here 3 lessons · 16 min
Module 1: What M&E is and how Ghana's system works 5 lessons · 48 min
Module 2: Results chains, theory of change and the logframe 6 lessons · 1h 1m
Module 3: Indicators, baselines, targets and the M&E plan 6 lessons · 58 min
Module 4: Collecting data and checking its quality 6 lessons · 56 min
Module 5: Analysis, Annual Progress Reports and evaluation 6 lessons · 55 min
Module 6: Using findings for decisions and in programme-based budgeting 6 lessons · 1h 3m
Final module: Putting it to work 4 lessons · 1h
Before you start
- You work in, or with, a Ghanaian MDA, MMDA or public programme, or plan to
- Basic comfort with spreadsheets and percentages
- No previous M&E training is needed
About this course
Every year, Ministries, Departments and Agencies and every Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly send progress reports to the National Development Planning Commission. Many of them list what was built, bought and held: classrooms roofed, boreholes drilled, workshops organised. Far fewer can say whether pupils are learning more, whether families are drinking safer water, or whether the money was worth it. That gap is what this course is about.
It is written for planning officers, budget officers, programme and project staff, members of District Planning Coordinating Units and anyone in a Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate who has to produce, check or use M&E information. You will work through Ghana's national M&E arrangements, from the Medium-Term Development Plan to the Annual Progress Report, and the tools that sit underneath them: the results chain, theory of change, the logframe, SMART indicators with baselines and targets, the M&E plan, data collection, data quality checks, analysis, evaluation and the OECD DAC criteria.
The teaching is practical and set in Ghanaian offices. You will follow a Municipal Assembly whose water project reports 100% completion while households still walk to the stream, fix weak indicators from a real-looking M&E plan, spot data quality problems in a field report, and defend a sub-programme in a budget hearing using evidence. Each module gives you a template or checklist you can use at your desk the next morning.
You finish with a written action plan for improving M&E in your own unit and a certificate once you pass the final assessment.
Your instructor
SkillsPillar Faculty
Practitioners and trainers in strategy, public service, enterprise and workplace compliance
SkillsPillar courses are written by practitioners who have trained graduates, managers, public servants and business owners across Ghana. Every course is built around real situations, practical tools and activities that test judgement, not memory.
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Frequently asked
How do I pay for a course?
Pay securely with MTN MoMo, Telecel Cash, AT Money, Visa or Mastercard through Hubtel. You get access straight after payment.
How long do I have access?
For life. Once you enrol, the course stays in your account and you can learn at your own pace, including any updates we make.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. Finish every lesson in a course and a certificate is issued automatically. Each one has a QR code and a public link employers can use to check it.
Can I learn on my phone?
Yes. Everything works on a phone, tablet or computer, and your progress follows you between devices.
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