1. A Programme to Improve Access and Quality in Basic Education Services
“Go to School!”
A Programme to Improve Access and Quality in Basic Education Services

2. Five main aims:
Increase enrolment and retention in formal or non-formal schools and to increase transition to upper primary classes/secondary
Increase demand for higher quality basic education
To ‘build back better’ and to support delivery of community-driven and coordinated education services
To improve the credibility of primary education
To enhance capacity of the MoE for planning, management of resources and monitoring of school outcomes

3. Five specific objectives
Increase enrolment - to pre flood levels/by 10% in other areas. Special emphasis will be on enrolment of girls in Mogadishu.
Improved teaching quality - teachers use simple, learner-centred teaching strategies; textbooks and basic learning materials available to all children; teaching activities focusing on health and hygiene and safety
Improved education administration and management – to collect and use basic school level data, to plan, and to mobilise communities
Decreased gender gap in access and enrolment by 10%
Establish minimum standards for schools

4. Five core areas
Establishing safe and child-friendly learning spaces/schools staffed with adequate teachers
Sustaining and increasing demand for education
Promoting inclusive schools and healthy learners
Improving learning processes and outcomes
Building the education management and administrative system at the central, school and district levels

5. Area 1: Establishing safe and child-friendly learning spaces/schools staffed with adequate teachers
Provision of learning spaces equipped to basic operational level/minimum standards (including Qur’anic and NFE schools)
Funding to MoE for incentives (possibly teacher salaries)
Technical assistance for school design
Recruitment and training of additional/’para’ teachers

6. Area 2: Sustaining and increasing demand for education
‘Go to school’ campaign aimed at raising the value of education, increasing and sustaining enrolment
Targeted support to very vulnerable children
Expansion of integrated Qur’anic schools and development of nomadic education
Capacity development of CEC’s to enroll and monitor retention of school-age children
Provision of incentives programme to promote enrollment and retention (including school feeding in designated locations/for vulnerable children)

7. Area 3: Promoting inclusive schools and healthy learners
A school feeding and/or enrolment incentives programme in coordination with WFP
Provision of adequate water and sanitation facilities in schools linked to a hygiene education program for teachers, students and CECs
Provision of teacher training and support for inclusion of children with special needs

8. Area 4: Improving learning processes and outcomes
Revision of teacher education curriculum and institutional capacity development (SCOTT)
Revision of in-service teacher-training programs to support use of improved teaching methods and effective use of multi-grade teaching
Development of specialised teacher training for Qur’anic teachers.
Strengthening of the teacher mentoring programme
Development of teacher guides, tools and teaching-learning materials needed to support more active learning, especially in multi-grade settings

9. Area 5: Building the education management and administrative system at the central, school and district levels
Provision of technical assistance for school mapping, collection and utilization of sex-disaggregated data collection, EMIS
Capacity development in education administration processes and practices (with UNDP)
Provision of embedded technical assistance and support for improved management, planning, monitoring and supervision in MoE
Support to infrastructure development (vehicles, equipment, offices)

10. CSZ…in six months… Intended result :
Increased primary school enrolment
35,000 children
75 schools
500 teachers

11. CSZ…in 6 months…
Area 1:
Rehabilitation/expansion of 5 key primary schools in Mogadishu including provision of WES facilities, basic school furniture, educational materials and water /sanitation;
Support for 20 community–constructed schools;
Provision of 200 tents, furniture and basic education supplies to a further 50 schools in flood-affected areas

12. …in CSZ…in six months… Area 2: Area 3:
Develop and initiate ‘Go to School!’ campaign;
Network and partnership-building with national and international partners;
Capacity-building of 30 CECs, plus Region and District education boards
Training of 300 teachers
Undertake research on Qur’anic schools
Area 3:
Provision of incentives (including school feeding); school WES, health and hygiene education

13. …in CSZ…in six months… Area 4: Area 5:
Teacher training to support enrolment campaign (including health and hygiene education);
Area 5:
Capacity needs assessment of MoE undertaken and TA identified.
Technical assistance and staffing support/training to support increased MoE planning capacity (including PSS and School Mapping);
Basic training and supplies/equipment for EMIS;

14. Issues and questions Are the focus area/activities relevant?
Is the focus practical and with visible outcomes?
Are targets realistic? What is missing?
Convergence with Health, WES, CPP?
Do we have the capacity?
Do we need a specific district focus?
NFE?