PAKISTAN CAPACITY BUILDING ACTION STRATEGIES with special reference to:

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PAKISTANCAPACITY BUILDING ACTION
STRATEGIESwith special reference to

• Subject areas in need of strengthening
• Possibilities to host Pilot Projects
• Good Practices Expertise
• Possibilities to host regional Workshop
• PME Team CB Coordinators/ Liaison Officer

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Subject areas which need strengthening

• National Plan of Action provides framework and
  guidelines for preparation of provincial,
  district, sub-district/ tehsil / taluka and union
  council EFA Plans of Action.

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Subject areas - Contd

• Responsibilities at Federal, Provincial, District
  School level
  
• Policy-making, curricula planning of the
  overall development of the system is the
  responsibility of the Federal Government.
  
• Access/ Coverage (Infrastructure/ Incentives)
• Disparities (Male/ Female, Poor/ rich, Urban/
  rural)
  
• Quality (Qualification, Training, Curriculum dev,
  text book, Learning achievement., Examinations)
  
• Governance School based, external
• Planning (EFA Plan), ESR, Budget Dev Plan

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Subject areas - Contd

• Implementation/ management of education in
  Pakistan is responsibility of the Provincial
  District departments of education
  
• It is planned that school will be the ultimate
  basic Unit for Planning Management
  

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Number of Schools Teachers (2000-2001)
(In Numbers)
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Enrolment (2000-2001)
(In millions)
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Subject areas - Contd

• Data/Statistics in EFA is collected and
  consolidated by the National Educational
  Management Information System (NEMIS) in
  collaboration with Provincial (EMISs).
• International EFA Development Partners,
  including bilateral and multilateral agencies and
  International NGOs (INGOs) have raised their
  support for EFA in Pakistan.

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Subject areas - Contd

• Under the recently introduced decentralized
  management system, the district and local
  governments have been set up.
  
• The districts are being given the authority to
  take decisions according to their local needs
  and priorities.
  
• Through district-based planning, various
  stakeholders including head teachers, PTA/SMC
  members, and civil society organizations will be
  able to participate in educational
  decision-making.

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Strategies

• National Commission for Human Development (NCHD)
  has been set up for social sector development
  through public private partnership.
  
• Restructuring and making the Education
  Foundations effective autonomous bodies for
  providing support to private sector and effective
  outreach.

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Strategies - Contd

• EFA forums have been established at national,
  provincial and district levels.
  
• EFA units have been setup at National, provincial
  and district levels.
  
• Strengthening of EFA units to create data base on
  EFA from grass roots level i.e. union council to
  national level.

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Strategies - Contd

• Strengthening and expanding the scope and role of
  existing NEMIS and its coordination with other
  districts.
  
• There is dire need to build capacity at all
  levels i-e school, district, provincial Federal
  level.

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Strategies - Contd

• Village Education Committees (VECs), SMCs, PTAs
  and School Councils for community mobilization,
  ME at grass roots level have been established.
  Adequate capacity has yet to be build.
• A group of master Trainers has been trained in
  district level planning with the support of
  UNESCO UNICEF.

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Strategies - Contd

• Series of workshops conducted
• NPA Provincial Action Plans have been
  developed
  
• District Plans have also been prepared for few
  model districts
  
• EFA units at all levels will be strengthened in
  terms of manpower, hardware software.

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Possibilities to host Pilot Projects

• District level Training Planning in model
  districts with the assistance from UNESCO
  UNICEF
  
• Other donors like UNFPA, UNDP WFP have also
  included district level planning in their country
  programs from January 2004.

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Good Practices Expertise

• Preparation of NPA Decentralize Planning its
  implementation
  
• Research Formulation of database for EFA
• Reports generated by NEMIS/ Provincial EMIS
  UNITS
  
• Annually
• Quarterly
• Demands based

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Possibilities to host regional Workshop

• Capacity Building Workshops are being planned.
  UNESCO is hosting workshop in Islamabad from next
  week.
  
• Provincial EMISs are in the process of building
  their capacity with donor agencies (UNESCO, WB,
  DFID)

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PME Team CB Coordinators/ Liaison Officer

• Representatives from NEMIS, EFA Wing EFA
  National Coordinator
  
• Head of NEMIS Project

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National Educational Management Information
System(NEMIS)Pakistan
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Guiding Policies/ Approach for NEMIS

• Increasing access to basic education, particular
  for female students
  
• Improving the quality of education by increasing
  learning achievements and completion rates in
  basic education
  
• Strengthening institutional capacity to plan,
  manage and supervise education programs
  
• Improving community participation in basic
  education
  
• Continuing NEMIS Self Improvement

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Policy 1Increasing access to basic education,
particular for female students

• To retrieve/receive data from provinces/ regions
  to generate national educational statistics.
  
• Assist current NEMIS members to develop their
  independent EMIS centers.
  
• Conduct policy studies on access and equity of
  education.
  
• Develop simulation and projection models for
  policy analysis, demography, and executive
  support
  
• Develop indicators needed to track progress on
  access and gender issues.

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Policy 2Improving the quality of education by
increasing learning achievements and completion
rates in basic education

• Conduct surveys and studies on quality of
  education.
  
• Devise set indicators from quantitative variables
  that will represent qualitative aspects of
  education.

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Punjab Quick Need based SurveyBasic Missing
Facilities
Source Punjab EMIS
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Policy 3Strengthening institutional capacity
to plan, manage and supervise edu. programs

• Ensure data generation capabilities for ESR
  EFA
  
• Develop and maintain website for EMIS within the
  context of ESR and EFA.
  
• Develop capacity in EMIS data analysis
  utilization under newly set-up district govt.
  
• Develop a national GIS that will produce infomaps
  for strategic planning and monitoring.
  

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Policy 4Improving community participation in
basic education

• Devise indicators from quantitative variables
  that will illustrate the extent of community
  participation in education.
  
• Conduct surveys and studies and devise policy
  option
  

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Policy 5 Continuing NEMIS Self Improvement

• Internal Efficiency of NEMIS
• Quality Reliability of data
• Adhering to time schedule of reports
• Up gradation of Hardware Software
• Improvement of schemes Skill level of staff
• Alignment with external factors/ requirement

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Weaknesses/ Areas for Reform

• Capacity building at district EMIS Cells
• Strengthen district EMIS Cells in addition to
  Provinces/ National EMIS
  
• School based system
• Improvement of Verification/ Validation of data
• Need for WAN at district EMIS Cells
• Culture of use of data for decision makers/
  planners

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