ACE Impact Achievements as of April 2021

Status of Students, Research Publication and Internships

STEM

13,616 Total Students enrolled so far in STEM, Health, Agriculture and other fields. 46% of students project target achieved
46% of total project target achieved
STEM 46%

PHD

2,014 PhD Students enrolled. 71% of total target reached
71% of total project target achieved
PhD Students 71%

MSC

6,352 MSc Students enrolled. 63% of the total project target achieved
63% of total project target achieved
MSc Students 63%

Short Course

5,250 Prof. Short Course Students enrolled. 28% of total project target achieved
28% of total project target achieved
28%

Regional Sudents

3,064 Regional Students enrolled from the sub-region and beyond. 32% of total project target achieved
32% of total project target achieved
32%

Female students

4,270 Female Students enrolled so far at different levels. 40% of the total project target achieved
28% of total project target achieved
28%

internships

2,264 Practical sector-based internships undertaken so far. 38% of the total project target achieved
38% of total project target achieved
Internships 38%

Accreditation

34 Total number of PhD and MSc programmes with accreditation. 41% of target reached
41% of total project target achieved
Accreditation 41%

Research articles

2,074 Total Research articles published in internationally recognized journals. 74% of the total project target achieved
74% of total project target achieved
Research Articles 74%

Revenue generated

38,437,201 Revenue generated from external sources. 57% of total project target achieved
57% of total project target achieved
Revenue Generated 57%


Project implementation support

The Regional Facilitating Unit (RFU), which is the AAU, had made significant progress in the development of the Digital Reporting System for the ACE Impact Project. In addition, the RFU, supported the verification, quality checking and reviewing of the 53 ACE Centers’ websites. 

Help desk assistance was also provided for centers who needed capacity building on quality website designs. The RFU developed 10 newsletter articles about the project and nurtured the ACE Impact Online Community of Communication Officers by sharing information for wider dissemination.


Lessons learned so far

• Given the diversity and the complexity of stakeholders, timely planning for ACE supervision missions will remain critical for the project to be a success

• Continuous reference to and use of the ACE Impact Project Operations Manual by centers could enhance efficiency and timely delivery of outputs

• Some project disbursement linked results (DLRs) require more time to enhance their understanding because milestones associated with them are unique to each center/university. These DLRs include DLR 7 (institutional impact), DLR 5.3 (entrepreneurship), and DLR 4.3 (learning infrastructure).

• The ACE Impact project is dynamic, and the digital MEL system needs to be flexible and adaptable to the emerging needs but within the ACE impact project guidelines

• Consultations, Feedback and Learning on the implementation process will remain useful strategies for improvement.

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