Joint Education Sector Review Sept 28-30, 2010 Report on Milestones

Introduction Our tasks at this Review are: to confirm the status of implementation of the milestones for 2009/10; (TODAY) to share the 7 approved milestones carried forward from 2009/10 (TODAY) To share the approved 7 milestones for 2010/11 (TODAY) to brainstorm on priority milestones for 2011/12 so that these can be included in our on-going budgeting and planning (FINAL DAY)

Milestones for 2009/10 JESR 2009 agreed on 8 milestones for 2009/10. Achievement as at June 30, 2010: 1 milestone complete; 2 milestones partially complete; and,  5 milestones on track.

Milestone No. 1: On Track Conduct Situational Analysis of Human Resources in the Education Sector Terms of Reference developed Consultants hired Data collection beginning October 2010 Draft report expected in January 2011 On-going activities will be carried forward to 2010/11 Milestones

Milestone No. 2: On Track Develop three-year, Sector-wide, costed, operational plan for ESDP Terms of Reference and draft template developed. Stakeholders to submit feedback on TORS and draft template for discussion by October On-going activities will be carried forward to 2010/11 Milestones

Milestone No. 3 3A:Finalise, disseminate and act on Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) for primary and secondary education; 3B:Undertake Analysis of Education Sector Unit Costs including community contribution

Milestone No. 3A: On Track Finalise, disseminate and act on PETS for primary and secondary education Report finalised. Action plan approved. Dissemination underway. Printed copies of final report to be distributed. On-going activities will be carried forward to 2010/11 Milestones

Milestone No. 3B: On Track Analysis of Education Sector Unit Costs Including community contribution. Terms of Reference developed Stakeholders to submit feedback on TORS for discussion by October 2010 On-going activities will be carried forward to 2010/11 Milestones

Milestone No. 4 Increase access to quality education for marginalised groups through: 4A: Finalising the Inclusive Education Strategy; and, 4B: Finalising guidelines for re-entry of school girls after delivery.

Milestone No. 4A: Completed Finalise Inclusive Education Strategy Strategy has been approved Funds for implementation of the Strategy have been allocated in the 2010/11 budget

Milestone No. 4B: On Track Finalise guidelines for re-entry of school girls after delivery Guidelines have been finalised Next step is dissemination, upon the approval of the revised ETP allowing girls to re-enter schools after delivery. On-going activities will be carried forward to 2010/11 Milestones

Milestone No. 5: Completed Implement priority activities in Teacher Development and Management Strategy In-Service Training (INSET) Strategy approved Funds for implementation of the Strategy have been allocated in the 2010/11 budget

Milestone No. 6: On Track Strengthen sector-wide dialogue mechanism and implementation Most regular meetings have taken place according to agreed schedule Joint Education Sector Review is on track, with Joint Field Visits completed and technical meetings taking place Printing of reports from 2009 has been done to be distributed in the JESR On-going activities will be carried forward to 2010/11 Milestones

Milestone No. 7: On Track Education Sector Data Enhanced and Functioning in all sub-sectors Statistics for Higher Education have been gender disaggregated in reporting Joint Education Sector Review is on track, Education Sector Management Information System (ESMIS) database is in place for all sub- sectors Update of MOEVT website, including statistics, is in progress more inputs to be collected from this JESR participants On-going activities will be carried forward to 2010/11 Milestones

Milestone No. 8: On Track Finalise strategic plans for Cross-Cutting Issues Strategic plans for Gender, Environmental Education and HIV/AIDS have been approved Funds for implementation of these Plans have been allocated in the 2010/11 budget Some plans need to be expanded to include Technical, Vocational and Higher Education Human Rights Education Strategic Plan will be prepared in 2010/11 On-going activities will be carried forward to 2010/11 Milestones

Milestones to be carried forward 1. Human Resources Situational Analysis 2. Sector-Wide Operational Plan 3. Dissemination of PETS and Undertake Unit Cost Analysis 4. Finalising guidelines for Re-entry of School Girls after Delivery 5. Strengthening Sector Dialogue 6. Enhancing Education Sector Data 7. Strategic Plan for Human Rights Education

Milestones for 2010/11 In addition to the milestones that will be carried forward from 2009/10, the JESR 2009 agreed on 7 new milestones for 2010/11: 1. Conduct PETS for Higher Education; 2. Rationalise Education Funding for LGAs; 3. Implement Guidelines for re-entry of pregnant girls; 4. Implement priority activities in Teacher Development and Management Strategy (TDMS) at all levels;

Milestones for 2010/11 (continued) 5. Strengthen quality assurance system(s) to improve provision of quality education at all levels; 6. Implement Early Childhood Development and Pre-Primary programs; and, 7. Strengthen the effectiveness of language (Kiswahili and English) at all levels.

Milestones for 2010/11 (continued) The JESR 2009 also agreed that new activities should be planned in 2010/11 to respond to the recommendations of the PETS.

Milestones for 2010/11 (continued) Taken together, the last three slides indicate that we already have 14 milestones identified for 2010/11. It is important to note that funds have already been allocated for most of these milestones in the 2010/11 budget.

Asanteni sana! Thank you very much!