Sindh Basic Education Program

8th
Program Steering Committee Meeting
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Program Management & Implementation Unit(PMIU),

Education & Literacy Dept. 1
Govt. of Sindh
Start with name of Allah The Most Beneficent
& Merciful
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Agenda:
• Introduction of Participants

• Agenda Item 1:
a. Review and approval of 7th Program Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting
Minutes
b. Update on decisions implementation in Seven PSC meetings

• Agenda Item 2:
a. Progress on Construction (Khairpur, Sukkur, Larkana & Karachi)
b. Approval of construction plan by Sindh Building Control
Authority
c. Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA).
d. Groundbreaking Ceremony for Package 4 District Larkana

• Agenda Item 3: Approval of revised program PC-1

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• Agenda Item 4: Update on PMIU Operations
Agenda Contd:
• Agenda Item 5: Progress on Sindh Community Mobilization Program-CMP

• Agenda Item 6: Progress on Sindh Reading Program-SRP

• Agenda Item 7: USAID Sindh Capacity Development Program-SCDP

• Agenda Item 8: Progress on Pakistan Reading Program-PRP

• Agenda Item 9: Media Outreach Plan

• Agenda Item 10: Accelerating Spending on SBEP

• Agenda Item 11: PPP Initiatives Taken/Being Taken by USAID

• Any other business with the permission of the Chair

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• Agenda Item 1 :

a. Review and approval of 7th Program Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting Minutes

(Attachment 1)

b. Update on decisions implementation in Seven PSC meetings

(Attachment 2)

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• Agenda Item 2:
• Progress Update on School Construction:

• Package 1: (Construction of 6 Schools in District Khairpur)

• Package 2: (Construction of 9 Schools in District Khairpur)

• Package 3: (Construction of 11 schools in District Sukkur)

• Package 4: (Construction of 7 Schools in District Larkana, Larkana-1)

• Package 5: (Construction of 5 Schools in Karachi, Karachi-1)

• Package -6: ( Construction of 5 Schools in Larkana, Larkana-2)

• Two additional schools in Sukkur

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• Agenda Item 2 Contd:
• Actions requested:

• Update on Packages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 for information purpose only. PSC is

requested to facilitate the approval of sub PC-1 for Package 5 by P&D
department.

• Groundbreaking Ceremony for Package 4 District Larkana

The groundbreaking ceremony expected date is 20-24 October 2014 at one of the
following sites:

• Government Boys Primary School Saido Dero

• Government Girls Primary School Ali Muhammad Chawro

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• Agenda Item 3:

• Approval of Revised Program PC-1

• Revised Program PC-1 has been prepared

• Action Requested:
PSC is requested to approve Program PC-1 for submission to P&D Department.

• Agenda Item 4:

• Update on PMIU Operations:

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• Agenda Item 5:
• Progress Update on Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP)

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Progress Update on Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP)

 Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) Ceremonies:

 Enrollment Walks:

 Enrollment Cards:

 Baseline Study:

• Health and Nutrition Practices Plan 2014:

 Legal Firm-EMO:

 EMO Budget:

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Progress Update on CMP: Cont…

• DEOs, ADEOs and Supervisor Training:

• SMC Training

• Mix Schools Policy:

• School Consolidation Policy:

• Naming / Renaming of Schools:

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• Agenda Item 6: Progress Update on Sindh Reading Program (SRP)

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Progress Update on SRP: Cont…
Component 1: Intensive Teachers Training - Pilot
• No of Participants: 238
• Average no of participants per district: 30
• District wise training held for teachers
• Training focused to improve teaching skills for Mathematics and Reading
• Perception Survey used to evaluate the results
Gender Split of the participants (District Wise)
Progress Update on SRP: Cont…

Component 1: Field Mentor Workshop

Objective: To train supervisors to act as field mentors
•No of Participants: 113 (61 males and 52 females)
•102 from Government and 11 from private sector
•All target districts represented
Content Covered Included:
•Familiarity with the national curriculum
•EGRA/ EGMA Assessment tools and methods
•Reading Instructions
•Mentoring
•Principles of adult learning
Component 2: EGRA/EGMA Baseline Survey
• Target Schools: 70/district
• Selection of 570 schools completed
• About 50 percent of the baseline survey completed
• A pilot baseline survey was administered to test the reliability of the survey tool
Reliability of the survey tool
EGMA
Language No. of Cronbach's
Respondents Alpha
Grade 3 Sindhi 221 0.895
Urdu 211 0.88

EGRA
Language No. of Cronbach's
Respondents Alpha
Grade 3 Sindhi 221 0.623
Urdu 211 0.76

• Analysis suggests that the survey tool quality is good

• Quality of EGRA Sindhi is a bit low (Cronbach’s Alpha: 0.623)
Progress Update on SRP: Cont…

Component 3: Supplementary Teaching and Learning Material (STLM) Gap Analysis Study

• Research carried out to check the availability of STLM in the market

• To identify the gap between the available STLM for early grade reading and
mathematics
Findings:
1843 titles were identified
Grade Level of STLM available %
Early Learning %4
Pre School, KG and Grade 1 28%
Grade 4 to 6 62%
Irrelevant material collected 6%

Thestudy wasonly based onpublishersavailablein KarachiandHyderabad

 Findings (Continued):

• OnlyoneSindhibook • LessSindhiBooksAvailablein • GoodNumberofBooks

Availableinthisclassgroup comparisonwith others Availableineachlanguage

• OxfordUniversityPressandBeaconHouse School System have level readingmaterial

available
• Sindhika andKachooPublishershave material available inSindhi
Agenda Item 7: USAID Sindh Capacity Development Program

Agenda item 8: Progress on Pakistan Reading Program (PRP)

•Component 1: Improved Classroom learning with an explicit focus on reading

– Support Pre-Service Teacher Education (ADE & B.Ed. (Hons)

•Component 2: Improved management in public education systems

•Support education policies related to reading

– Teacher Certification & Licensing:

– Sindh Reading Policy:

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Progress Update on PRP: Cont…
Component 3: National Culture of Reading re-established

Annual
Applications
S. # Remarks Target (till
Received
Sept. 2014)

26 applications found complete and

Complimentary
presented to GRC. 4 recommended
1 Reading 92 4
proposals submitted to Head
Project Grants
Office.
Community
39 presented to GRC. Out of which
Managed
2 77 64 29 have been recommended for
Reading
grant.
Grants

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• Agenda Item 9: Media Outreach Plan

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Agenda Item 10: Accelerating Spending on SBEP

Agenda Item 11: PPP Initiatives under SBEP

• MoU signed with Rotary International for the provision of computer and science labs for
SBEP schools. It is expected that approximately $5 million additional funds will be
mobilized by Rotary for this purpose.
• Draft MoU has been developed with Intel Pakistan to provide ICT training for all SBEP
schools. MoU to be signed in October 2014 in Karachi.
• Presentation was made to the American Business Council (ABC) to inform ABC members
on various areas of support for SBEP schools.
• Efforts are underway to attract support for companies such as General Electric for
alternate energy solutions for SBEP schools.

• Any other business with the Permission of Chair

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 Thank you!

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