EDUCATION BRN IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS

PRESENTATION TO DPG –MAIN 08-10-2013 BEATRICE OMARI

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Implementation Progress in Education BRN

Objectives: Step change the quality of basic education

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Big Results by 2015: Pass rate of 80% for primary and secondary school students Improve students’ mastering of 3R in Standard I and II by implementing skills assessment and training teachers

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Institutional Set Up: Interim MDU with 6 members within from within the Ministry and PMO RALG MDU Office under preparation Steering Committee formed involving all the key stakeholder MDAs and institutions .

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Lab prioritized most crucial challenges

Big results now! Main focus of the lab: address challenges as a whole

Teachers T/L Materials and facilities A.

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Number of teachers Teacher Competency/capacity Teacher Motivation Teacher Accountability Teaching/Learning materials Infrastructure and facilities High A B G H

Slow impact potential: specific areas can be prioritized

F M N I C E J D O K L Curriculum G. Curriculum formulation process H. Current curriculum content I. Delivery/monitoring of curriculum Q P R System and school management Assessment of quality Cross cutting issues J.

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School level management M & E and school quality assurance Use of resources Community involvement N.

O. Knowledge/skills assessment Reporting of results P.

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General Student health Gender Infrastructure (electricity, ICT network etc) low Slow > (2years ) Fast (1 -2 years) FAST DELIVERY?

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Operationalizing the Challenges..

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Thorough investigation of the challenges to enact levers leading to an increase in the quality of primary & secondary education How:

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increased teacher effectiveness

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better management

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Improved teaching & learning materials

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Community involvement

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Initiative

Official School ranking School incentive scheme 3.

School improvement toolkit 4.

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National 3R assessment 3R teacher training

Key Initiatives & Rationale

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Rationale for selection

Accountability and quality assurance are among the most important challenges for quality Official ranking and results transparency will improve community engagement and accountability School incentive scheme will motivate schools to deliver better results Cost efficient way for strengthening school management – provision of practical guidelines & training will help every school progress To ensure learning of basic skills in early grades No assessment in 3Rs allows poor performing students to move up the ladder – need for baseline information for further improvement Too broad to be tackled at the lab

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STEP (Student Teacher Enrichment Programme) Will capacitate teachers to develop a culture of identifying and enriching low performing students 7.

Basic facilities construction 8.

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Capitation grants Teacher motivation

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Focused on SEDP 11 – an on-going unlocking of stuck funds – construction of basic facilities in 1,200 school by 2014 Ensure t/l materials reach schools through alternative funding and monitoring Timely releases important for schools & better utilisation Identified as a MUST for any quality improvement programs

Recognition, settling claims, reduce process time to < 3 months.

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Our Quality transformation vision for the Tanzanian Education system Step change in the quality of basic education

PSLE and CSEE pass rates of 60% (2013), 70% (2014) and >80% (201 5)

Transparency

1) Rank 100% of all schools in the annual official school ranking starting with the 2012 PSLE and CSEE results

(Creation of accountability)

4) Conduct the first

national 3R Assessment

( reading, writing and arithmetic) in Standard 11 in October 2013

Incentives

2) Reward 4000 most improved schools every year with monetary & non monetary incentives and recognize top 200 performers, starting with 2013 results

Support

3) Distribute school improvement tool Toolkit and train 19,000 school heads 5) Train 12,3000 Standard 1 and 11 teachers in 3R teaching skills 6) Train 17,000 primary and 8,000 secondary teachers to support low performing students (STEP) 7) Ensure 100% timely delivery of books and materials to all students 8) Construct basic facilities in 1,200 secondary schools

Teacher Conditions

9) Recognize teachers through non-monetary incentives, ensure 0 outstanding claims by end of June 2013, and 0 unresolved claims > 3 months moving forward 6

SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS

 School Ranking of PSLE and CSEE has been done and published online in NECTA, MoEVT, PMO-RALG, and TIE websites.

 School Improvement Toolkit has been finalised and published online in MoEVT website and have been printed and distributed to all schools through REOs.

 Briefing to all Regional Officers, District Executive Directors, District Education officers, School Inspectors, Allied Institutions, Development Partners and Non-State actors on BRN initiatives conducted.

 Teacher’s Handbook for English, Biology, Kiswahili, and Mathematics subjects has been prepared.

 Test exams for the STEP initiatives in the selected subjects for Form 4( English, Mathematics, Biology and Kiswahili) and STD VII in the piloted regions have been conducted.

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SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS

 National 3R Assessment tools and sampling modality for Standard II have been agreed upon and and training of two weeks started on 30th September, 2013.  Past Examination Papers from 2008-2012 for Form 4 and Primary Standard Seven leaving Examinations have been compiled and sent to the Regional Education Officers for distribution to schools for use by teachers and students for practical exercises.

 Preparation of‚ Question Performance of Candidates“ (QPC) for English and Kiswahili subjects for PSLE 2012 has been completed. The editing and preparation of other subjects for PSLE and CSEE 2012 is on-going.

 Monitoring and evaluation for readyness of STD VII pupils to sit for their exams conducted, analysis on going. 8

3 4 2 1 No ImplementationRisk/ Challenges Capitation Grant – there is evidence that release of funds from councils to schools not yet timely

Delivery Risks

Initiative (s)Taken to Address the Risk/Challenges Consultation with PMO-RALG to enhance the flow of funds direct to schools.

Proposed Solutions DEDs to be held accountable for any delay of release of Funds directly to schools..

Education levy not yet released Payment of increased Teacher Claims on agreed time, and new teacher claims undermine progress made to date in clearing backlog of claims Release of funds from Govt contribution for construction of 264 secondary school amounting to 30bn TEA has established a special account for the fund and discussions on modalities of utilization of the fund is on going collection of teachers’ claims and verification is on going involving MOEVT and PMO-RALG/LGAs.

MOF requested to release Tshs 30bn as counterpart funding. MOEVT Minister to sort out with Minister of MOF on detailed modalities and amount to be released annually as they are collected.

PSs of MOF, MOEVT, PMO-RALG and PO-PSM to discuss and sort out the issue.

MOF to expedite release of fund 9

Stakeholder and Media Feedback

• • • • • Official BRN Education Launch done in August 2013 received significant media attention Feedback both positive and negative – – BRN just another political announcement – 2013 targets are unachievable – There is insufficient funances PDB and MoEVt working on Communication response and long term strategy DPs supportive in various ways GPE application submitted and would contribute significant BRN funds 10

ASANTENI SANA

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