EDUCATION TECHNICAL MEETING BETWEEN REB, RRS AND UNHCR ON 25TH & 26TH APRIL

2023: PROPOSED EDUCATION PLAN FOR DOOLO ZONE NEW REFUGEE INFLUX

Meeting Date 25th and 26th April 2023

Meeting Time Start: 8:30 End: 4:00 PM

Meeting Regional Education Bureau Offices in Jijiga

Location
No Full name Email address Organization Phone
number

Meeting 1. Muhedin muhyadinovic@gmail.com REB 0915749525

Chairperson: Abduraman

2. Mohamed Abdi warda6485@gmail.com REB 0910319585

3. Abdihakim abdulhakim.mohammed47@gmail.com REB 0915768665

Mohamed

4. Muhumed Osmar muhumadms@gmail.com REB 0929392984

5. Abdi Ahmed abdiahmed2017jj@gmail.com REB 0915741755

6. Zerihun Nigatu nigatuz@unhcr.org UNHCR 0913467490

7. Emily Lugano lugano@unhcr.org UNHCR 0948057913

Today’s Minute 8. Desalegne DesalegneE@rrs.gov.et RRS 0911808475

Taker Endale

Next Meeting Date Time Venue

Date, time, and
venue. TBC TBC TBC

Agendas:
1. Establish an overview on education status in Doolo zone

2. Set targets to be reached for refugees and host community

3. Develop an education response action plan based on the set targets

1.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The technical meetings at the Regional State Government in Jijiga were preceded by three other meetings
between the President, the RRS DG and UNHCR Representative. The next meeting was between the RB,
RRS and UNHCR deputy Representative and the third meeting was held at the regional state government
level. This technical meeting held on 25th and 26th April forms the fourth meeting on the Doolo zone
refugee influx “integration and community-based settlement approach”.

Integration / Community-based settlement approach

The integration /community-based settlement approach embodies the Global Compact on Refugees
(GCR) principles to support national and regional leadership to include refugees into national services.
The approach provides a shift from parallel service delivery to a more predictable and sustainable
response that addresses the needs of both refugees and the host community in an inclusive manner.
This approach is implemented through the expansion of existing public services needed to support the
inclusion of refugees. It is Government led and supported by other actors. The approach further
embraces a community-based approach that supports the host communities, to provide community-
based protection and assistance to refugees, while also promoting solutions.

Doolo zone is within the Somali region and has seven administrative Woreda’s including Warder,
Danood, Daratole, Lahel, Ya’ob, Galadi, Bokh and Galhamur. Dollo zone has a host community population
of approximately 455,425, out of which approximately 142,458 (31%) are school going age children and
youth (7 – 18 years old) in primary and secondary education. Refugees are mainly settled in the three
Woreda’s of Bokh. Galhamur and Danood. The three Woreda’s have a host community student enrolment
figure of 42,798 spread out as follows: Bokh (21,947), Galhamur (9,540) and Danood (11,351). The total
number of schools in the three Woreda’s are 50 spread out as follows: 15 Primary schools, 5 Secondary
schools and 30 Alternative Basic Education (ABE) schools, mainly for the pastoralist community in the
area.

During the technical mission (25th & 26th April), the technical team comprising of Regional Education
Bureau (REB), chairing the meeting, RRS taking notes and UNHCR co-chairing with the REB agreed to use
a target figure of 60,599 refugee and host community children in this project in the initial stages of the
refugee and host community response. The 60,599 is based on (39,200 refugees children calculated at
40% being school going age children within the refugee population currently at 98,000. For the host
community, the figure of 21,399 is calculated on a 50% of the current student enrolment of 42,798 in the
three Woreda’s of Bokh, Galhamur and Danood, that are likely to be in the same schools with the refugees
based on the accessibility and reasonable walking distances to the host community schools.
 2.0 Schools Distribution in the three Woreda’s of Bokh, Galhamur and Danood:

Woreda Site Schools Teachers Students for Estimate of

the host refugee
community school going
age in the
population

Primary Secondary ABE

Bokh Mirqaan; Mirqan – 2 Mirqan -1 241 21,947 20,0001

Docmo;
Docmo – 1 Docmo - 1 6
Gobto;
Gobto -1

Galhamur 91 9,540 9,6002

Qorolay; Qorolay- 1 Qorolay-1

Magalay; Magalay -1 Magalay
7
Sahader; Sahader - 1 Sahader;

Burgatogan Burgatogan-1 Burgatogan

Gumber Gumber - 1 Gumber

Danood 145 11,351 9,6003

Shahada; Shahada - 2 Shahada -1

Hartedan; Hartedan - 1 Hartedan; 17

Quradelen; Quradelen -1 Quradelen;

Seererweyn; Seererweyn-1 Seererweyn;

Hegalle Hegalle - 1 Hegalle -1

1
The 20,000 figure in Mirqaan, is based on the approximated 50,000 refugees to be settled here.
2
The 9,600 figure is based an approximate understanding that 25% of the refugee population may be settled in the
host community.
3
The 9,600 figure is based an approximate understanding that 25% of the refugee population may be settled in the
host community.
 13 sites 15 5 30 477 42,798 39,200

Note:

• The below plans and proposed education interventions in the short-term, medium and long-
term are based on an estimated target of 60,599 students (39,200 refugees and 21,399 host
community).
• 39,200 will compromise 100% of an approximated refugee school going age population.
• 21,399 will comprise 50% of the host community students enrolled in school in the 3 Woreda’s
of Bokh, Galhamour and Danood.

3.0 Proposed Education interventions for the Doolo zone Refugee and Host community:

No Core issues Action points

raised/discussed
Action/activity Primary Secondary Due date
responsible responsible
body and/or body and/or
organization organization

1.Immediate -Registration of students REB; UNHCR, RRS Short-term

education response in all sites. and other
Zonal;
actors
-Enrolment in existing host
community school Woreda; May to
facilities September
Kebele 2023
-Language classes to
facilitate integration.

-Rehabilitation and
improvement of existing
classrooms where need be

-Catch up classes
(ABE)/ASR

-TLS /
Tents/Hangers/Semi-
 permanent for pre-schools
and primary

2. Expansion of school 386 extra classrooms

infrastructure at constructed
classroom pupil ratio Regional UNHCR, RRS Medium to
of 1:50 Education and other Long term
Bureau (REB) actors (i.e
UNICEF, WB,
NGOs)

3. Furnishing and 386 new classrooms & 220 Regional Medium to

equipment of new existing ones Education Long term
classroom s & Bureau (REB) UNHCR, RRS
existing ones (desks, and other
scholastic materials) actors (i.e
UNICEF, WB,
NGOs)

4 Hire and recruitment 203 extra teachers Regional UNHCR, RRS Medium to
of teachers-based Education and other Long term
on Government Bureau (REB actors (i.e
standards UNICEF, WB,
NGOs

5. Motivation for 477 existing teachers Regional UNHCR, RRS Medium to

existing teachers Education and other Long term
with extra teaching Bureau (REB actors (i.e
load UNICEF, WB,
NGOs

6. Provision of 1,403, 617 textbooks Regional UNHCR, RRS Medium to

textbooks & teacher Education and other Long term
guides (curriculum Bureau (REB actors (i.e
printing and UNICEF, WB,
distribution) at 1:1 NGOs
textbook pupil ratio
7. School Feeding 100% pre-primary and Regional UNHCR, RRS Medium to
Programme primary students Education and other Long term
(facilities, human Bureau (REB actors (i.e
resource and WFP,
equipment) UNICEF, WB,
NGOs

8. Induction and 100% of new teachers, Regional UNHCR, RRS Medium to

capacity building 10% from host Education and other Long term
trainings for community, RCC etc Bureau (REB actors (i.e
teachers, school UNICEF, WB,
Directors and NGOs
Supervisors, PTAs
and refugee and
host community
(MHPSS, FGM,
peaceful co-
existence” and
awareness creation
on the integration
and settlement
approach

9. WASH facilities in 100% in all supported Regional UNHCR, RRS Medium to

schools - i.e schools Education and other Long term
segregated latrines Bureau (REB actors (i.e
for boys and girls (in UNICEF, WB,
collaboration with NGOs
the WASH sector)

10. Cross Cutting Issues: 100% in all supported Regional UNHCR, RRS Immediate,
Special Needs schools Education and other medium &
Education ; Sanitary Bureau (REB actors (i.e Long term
kits for girls, UNICEF, WB,
environmental NGOs
school activities, Co-
curricular activities
and school clubs.
 Note: In
collaboration with
other Sectors).

11. Regional UNHCR, RRS

Education and other
Staffing to support 4 staff Bureau (REB actors (i.e Medium to
the REB & Woreda’s Long term
UNICEF, WB,
NGOs
-1 for Jijiga(REB)

- 3 for the 3 Woreda’s –

one per Woreda

12. Professional teacher 100% recruited refugee Regional UNHCR, RRS

training teachers teaching in the Education and other
programmes for host community schools Bureau (REB actors (i.e Medium to
Long term
refugee teachers in (existing and new ones) UNICEF, WB,
CTE NGOs

13. Adult Literacy 10% of the refugee Regional UNHCR, RRS

Programmes population accessing Adult Education and other
Literacy Bureau (REB actors (i.e Medium to
Long term
UNICEF, WB,
NGOs

14. Coordination REB level –/integrate Regional UNHCR, RRS Immediate

Mechanism Doolo zone into Cluster Education and other (May 2023)
coordination meeting Bureau (REB actors (i.e
UNICEF, WB,
NGOs
Woreda level – Establish Woreda
and strengthen Education Education
Working Group in the Offices
three Woreda’s

4.0 Next Steps / Recommendation:

• Immediate actions on registration and mobilization of students especially in Mirqan and

enrolment into host community schools and temporary learning spaces where possible.
• Joint education needs assessment on capacity of school facilities, walking distances to schools and
possible areas of school expansion.
• Strengthen and ensure establishment of education coordination mechanisms at the regional and
Woreda level.
• Cascading this Doolo zone refugee and host community plan into the REB annual planning starting
in June 2023.
• Resource mobilization to complement the REB resources to deliver quality, equitable and inclusive
education for both refugees and the host community.