District Improvement Plan (DIP. Once the District/Local Departmental office receives, from each school, a School Improvement Plan (in which each school highlights its specific developmental needs) by the end of March each year, the Local Office must develop its own improvement plan for the District/Circuit. In this plan, schools that have identified similar needs and/or similar aspects in need of development can be “clustered” together for the purposes of providing INSET and other programmes. The District Improvement Plan enables the District/Local officials to plan co- ordinate and monitor the delivery of support and development opportunities in the schools in their areas. The effectiveness of the District/Local office can be measured against its ability to deliver in terms of its own DIP. The DIP is informed by and developed from the SIPs submitted to the office by schools in its area. Co-ordination of different programmes, which can run concurrently in different areas and the optimal deployment of officials (Education Support Services and/or management officials) should be included in these “District” plans.
