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This is a research piece from the Economic Policy Research Centre (Uganda), Oxford and Georgetown Universities in collaboration with World Vision, highlighting an adaptation of CVA in Uganda. The project monitors teacher absenteeism in primary schools using SMS.

"Results from the first phases of this project suggest three key lessons. First, locally managed incentive schemes can successfully reduce absenteeism when management of these schemes is placed in the right stakeholders’ hands. Second, care is needed with interpretation of the data produced by local monitoring, as it can contain significant distortions, as shown by triangulation of data. This point is important when aspiring to use the data for administrative purposes. Third, involving both parents and head teachers in monitoring of teachers can improve the cost-effectiveness of gains in teacher presence as well as the quality of the data."

Follow the link for the full report :
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/education-plus-development/posts/2013/09/05-financial-incentives-absenteeism-uganda-schools-kasirye