Transcript Changing the way we work to improve Quality Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children

Changing the way we work
to improve
Quality Primary Education
for Disadvantaged Children
Presented by
Dang Tu An
Department Director - PEDC Project Manager
Quality PE for
Disadvantaged Children
Why?
What?
 definition of educationally disadvantaged
concept of FSQL
How?
Targeting (minimize the gap)
Implementation (decentralization approach)
Financing (outputs based rather than inputs)
Monitoring and Evaluation (process, performance
indicator)
Challenges
Why quality PE for
disadvantaged Children?
Region 1
(Developed)
Percent 6-14 cohort
never enrolled in
school (census 99)
Net Enrolment Rate
4.65%
Region 2
(Less develop)
7.26%
Region 3
(Under-develop)
> 10.0%
98%
95%
98%
97%
90%
95%
93%
64%
< 75%
Survival or Retention
Rate(G5/ G1 survival
proxy)
Why quality PE for
disadvantaged Children?
(cont.)
Functionality
Read
Math
%
SE
Independent Reached the level of reading
and mathematics to enable
independent learning in Grade 6
51.3
0.58 79.9 0.41
Reached the level for functional
participation in Vietnamese
society
38.0
0.45 17.3 0.36
Not reached the level
considered to be a minimum for
functional purposes in
Vietnamese society
10.7
0.3
Functional
Prefunctional
%
2.8
SE
0.13
Definition(s)
Who are educationally disadvantaged children
and why are they disadvantaged ?
 not attend primary school
 not “ready to learn”
 drop-out or non-attended
 Non achievers
Quality PE - the concept of FSQL - 5 elements:
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School organization and management
Teacher development (competency-based standards)
Physical infrastructure, learning material and facilities
Community participation, and
Educational outcomes
What is quality PE for
Disadvantaged Children?
 provide necessary both pedagogical and nonpedagogical interventions to:
get children into school,
 ensure all pupils complete primary education,
 ensure all children have the opportunity to
reach their full potential and meet a defined
standard of learning performance.
strengthen policy environment,management
system; and
improve funding mechanism => focusing on
education outputs rather than inputs
Why FSQL?(minimum)
Why FSQL?
Program Framework
Using National EFA Action Plan as a
coherent sub-sector development plan
Identify the targeted districts, schools
Applying minimum service standards
(Fundamental School Quality Levels)
Monitoring progress and outcomes
Identify the targeted
districts and schools
Districts ranked according to “FSQLgap” needs, using educational index:
Enrolment rate
Drop-out and repeating rate
Completion proxy
Student performance outcomes
Targeted districts and
correlation to ethnicity
and poverty
Program implementation
Framework
District and school level as focus of
operation
District and school output targets
agreed upon through a “contract” as
condition for receiving finance –
school and district development plan
Program Financing
Framework
Calculating the financing gap to raise schools
in disadvantaged districts to FSQL
Flow of financing through contractual
arrangements to provinces, district and school
in accordance with pro-poor, FSQL-deficiencyrelated criteria,
Monitoring and accountability over
implementation process and education outputs.
Family contributions are significant and need to be
phased out as they are a barrier to access
Monitoring and Evaluation
Performance indicators –database
from district and school audits
Educational indicators
Management process
policy indicators
Change the way we work
National
Policy change
M&E
Local
Sch/Com.
Student
participation
& achiev.
funding
Planning &
Manag’t
Challenges
New initiatives => Policy vs. Practice
 Decentralization => greater autonomy to school
 Professional development => aim to competency
based evaluation
 community participation =>other than financial
contribution
 Funding mechanism => FSQL deficiency and
education outputs.
 Student assessment=> to achieve min standards
Institutional changes, coordination among
GOV agencies =>role of MPI, MOF, and MOET
M&E => ensure that support to the most needy
schools and children
It’s long way to get there….. but
Together ….we make the difference
Thank you!