13 02-15 early childhood education – consultative group discussion

Early Childhood Education1st Sindh Joint Education Sector Review -

Consultative Group RecommendationsFebruary 13, 2015

Movenpick Hotel,

Karachi, Pakistan

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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

Thank YouJoint Education Sector Review -

Consultative Group Recommendations