SINDH EDUCATION REFORMS PROGRAM(SERP-I)

• 13800 teachers recruited on Need cum Merit basis, tested by third parties (IBA & SU)

SERP-II Road Map:

• 10,000 add. teachers
• Rs. 100 million per year(av.) for each district provided
• 650 shelter-less schools; 2600 class rooms; 5000 lacking facilities ; with 4th phase in place

SERP-II :

• Double the investment for School Rehabilitation/Construction
• SMCs School Management Committees (SMCs) received annual grants worth Rs. 1.1 Billion per annum (on avg.) Strengthening SMCs and Community Voice
• Free distribution of textbooks from Grade I to XII (4.7 Million sets) completed – all levels of schools
• New Textbooks, Curriculum Review, Piloting of Book Banks
• Annual Stipends to Girls (Grade VI to X) provided (Normal @ Rs. 2400/- and Differential @ Rs. 3600/-)
• Beneficiaries increased (2008:331,000 V/S. 2010:410,000)
• Continuity with extension to primary level
• Students Diagnostic Assessments conducted for Maths and Language (Gr-IV); Social Science & Maths (Gr-VIII)
• Students' Achievement Testing (Gr. V/VI, VIII); Sindh Exam Commission
• 450 low cost private schools (subsidy based PPP Model– @ Rs. 450/- per girl and Rs. 350/- per boy)
• Fill in the gap in the public sector
• Sindh Teacher Education Development Authority (STEDA for regulating teacher education, with new ADE/B.Ed. Course Launched
• STEDA law; Teacher Management; Licensing
• Education Management Reforms (Cluster Based School Management & Mentoring), extended from 3 to 14 Tehsils
• SESM-New Leadership Training launched as Mandatory Induction Training Program for BS-17 at PITE, S.B.A.
• All districts; HUB Quality Schools; Area School Boards; Specialised Cadres; Sindh Education Commission
• Annual School Census conducted each year providing feedback to policy; GIS-Mapping of 8 districts completed
• Development of MIS and GIS Mapping

In Partnership with ERU/FINANCE DEPARTMENT

• Medium Term Budgetary Framework (MTBF) to Education Department and 15 Districts.
• School Specific Budgets/Posts for 15 districts
• Strengthening of Sindh Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (SPPRA)
• MTFF/MTBF & School Budgets with ERU/F.D; M &E (Teacher Salaries), SPPRA
• School Consolidation policy launched to merge nearby schools into Campus Schools
  Single Campus Schools (with USAid support)

CONTINUATION OF REFORMS FOR FUTURE:ROAD MAP
BROAD OBJECTIVES DEFINED (5 YRS):

• Bring 1 million out- of- school children at Primary level
• Double Secondary school enrolments - 0.9 to1.8 million
• Increase Students Achievement by 15 -25 %
• Improve Gender Equity at primary and Sec. level
• Strengthen Results Based Accountability through strong M & E Framework
• Strengthen Sector Management through Medium Term Policy Planning, Financial Management & Donor Coordination