Consultative Group recommendations synthesized for Early Childhood Education in Sindh during the 1st Joint Education Sector Review

1. Early Childhood Education
1st Sindh Joint Education Sector Review -
Consultative Group Recommendations
February 13, 2015
Movenpick Hotel,
Karachi, Pakistan

2. ECE Consultative Group Members
Saba Mahmood - Reform Support Unit
Zahid Jatoi - Reform Support Unit
Ali Buksh - Plan International
Sheena Mozaffar - World Bank
Imtiaz Nizami – Idaarae Taleem-o-Agahi
Atiyo Hussain – Reform Support Unit
Adnan Ahmed – MDF
Hadi Khan - Sindh Education Foundation
Atta Muhammad – Right to Play
Parveen Mehboob – Education Fund for Sindh
Bushra Anis - Education Fund for Sindh
Mahnoor Altaf – The Education Foundation
Fatima Naqvi - Education Fund for Sindh
Qamar Fatima – DEO Office Malir
Rozina Jumani - NDIE
Amber Naz - SAFWCO

3. SESP Targets & Recommendations
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Policy Vision is 0-8 years
• Target age group is 3-5 years for
implementation
• Focus on ECE and ECC only
• Will progress to ECD next
• ECE Policy and Standards must pass
legislation in 2015
OBJECTIVE
Develop ECD/ECE Policy and
Minimum Standards
TARGET
By 2014 – Pass Policy through
legislation

4. SESP Targets & Recommendations
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Develop implementation strategy
• Conduct Census/Survey to establish base line
• Develop action plan to address gender segregation
• Ensure active parent involvement in ECE program
• Target notable/influential member of the community
• Develop criteria for recruiting LRC Coordinator
• 1000 Consolidated schools selected for 2015
• Ensure maximum representation of Talukas
• Establish and Synchronize LRC in 121 Talukas
• Develop criteria for PPP support for target schools
• Budget and Monitor implementation
OBJECTIVE
Transforming Katchi to ECE
TARGET
• By 2018, 8000 Katchi
classrooms are transformed
into ECE classrooms

5. SESP Targets & Recommendations
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Enrollment age criteria (3-5) – Maintain Flexibility
• Parents to provide evidence of age
• ECE schools linked to NADRA
• Raise Awareness on ECE
- Community Mobilization: Utilize health
centers/hospitals to conduct ECE awareness sessions
- Community Gathering
- Organize events on ECE in Schools
- Activate SMC’s
• When enrollment >30 - prioritize age group 4-5
OBJECTIVE
Increase Enrollment
TARGET
• By 2018 enhance ECE NER
from 32% to 45%
• By 2018 districts achieve
minimum 30% enrollment

6. SESP Targets & Recommendations
RECOMMENDATIONS continued…
• Register/Record children age 3-5. Children may be
enrolled in the following academic year.
• Develop capacity of schools on involving community in
the program activities.
• Collaborate with Special Education department records
to ensure inclusion
• Develop implementation strategy with budgetary
allocations.
OBJECTIVE
Increase Enrollment
TARGET
• By 2018 enhance ECE NER
from 32% to 45%
• By 2018 districts achieve
minimum 30% enrollment

7. SESP Targets & Recommendations
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Change terminology to LEARNING recourse center
in field
• ECE LRC fund should be allocated separately in
the select consolidated school
• Census must incorporate capacity of consolidated
school to house LRC
• ECE Coordinator for LRC may include:
• Existing or new ECE govt. teacher
• Existing or new govt. PST
• Teacher via PPP
OBJECTIVE
Established Learning Resource
Center
TARGET
• 8121 sanctioned posts for ECE
• Recruit and train 8121 ECE
teachers by 2015

8. SESP Targets & Recommendations
RECOMMENDATIONS
• When transitioning PST to ECE, preference given
to teachers having 2 years of experience in lower
primary grades
• SNE criteria needs to be developed and
rationalized according to Census for provision of
ECE Teachers
• Third party testing & recruitment guidelines
must be established
• Ensure/develop capacity of implementing agency
OBJECTIVE
Recruit ECE Teachers
TARGET
• 8121 sanctioned posts for ECE
•Recruit and train 8121 ECE
teachers by 2015

9. SESP Targets & Recommendations
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Conduct Awareness Campaign on SESP - ECE
• Explore via PPPs - ECE Teacher training
institutions
• Focus on CPD for 2015 till new teachers are
recruited and trained (1000 consolidated schools)
• When employing TTI – must pass evidence based
procurement process
. Budget needs to be significantly expanded by a
minimum of 4 times current SESP Indicative Cost
OBJECTIVE
Train ECE Teachers
TARGET
8121 teachers trained by
December 2015

10. SESP Targets & Recommendations
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Presently – Adopt existing ECE Curriculum as Is –
Interim (2015-16 academic year)
• Begin process of expanding ECE Curriculum to
accommodate 2 years in 2015
• Utilize Sindh Curriculum Implementation
Framework 2014 for Awareness, Orientation,
Dissemination, Capacity building, Teacher
Training, Monitoring/Reviewing.
OBJECTIVE
Review & revise ECE
Curriculum and provide
learning materials
TARGET
By 2016 – ECE TLM’s available
in target schools and are
actively used

11. SESP Targets & Recommendations
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Develop guidelines for transition and
utilize existing PST’s in the process
• Establish criteria for continuity of
teachers for a minimum 2 years
• Budget needs revision and
rationalization
• Research and development should be an
integral component
OBJECTIVE
To support learners transition
from ECE to Class 1 (Primary
School)
TARGET
• All ECE Teachers receive
guidelines for transition
• Parents receive transition
orientation

12. Thank You
Joint Education Sector Review -
Consultative Group Recommendations