Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report

Year VII, Quarter 3 (April 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020)

Submission Date: July 30, 2020

CMP is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) CMP is implemented by Blumont Engineering Solution (BES) under Contract Award No: AID – 391 – C – 13 – 00006. This quarterly report was produced for USAID.

Sindh Community Mobilization Program Quarter Progress Report, Quarter III, Year – VII Contract Award AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1 – June 30, 2020

Table of Contents A. PROGRAM SUMMARY ...... 4 B. SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS ...... 5 C. MISSION STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (MSF) INDICATOR ...... 7 D. STATUS OF ACTIVITIES PER COMPONENTS ...... 8 Component 1: Increase Communities’ Involvement in the GOS Reform of Merging, Consolidating, and Upgrading Schools ...... 8 Component II: Improve Community and District Government Coordination for Increased Girls’ Enrollment ...... 12 Component IV: Launch Education Management Organizations...... 15 E. STATUS OF ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19...... 18 CMP Care for Community Initiative in CMP-Targeted Districts ...... 21 Documentation Outreach and Communication ...... 23 F. OPERATIONS ...... 26 G. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES ...... 27 ANNEXURE–I: SUCCESS STORIES ...... 28 ANNEXURE–II: MONITORING & EVALUATION MSF and NON MSF INDICATOR TABLE ...... 31 ANNEXURE–III: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS DURING IMPORTANT MEETINGS IN QUARTER ..... 34 ANNEXTURE–IV: FINANCIAL REPORT ...... 37 ANNEXTURE–V: DISTRICT-WISE DETAIL OF LOCKDOWN IN SINDH PROVINCE...... 38

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATION

CMP Sindh Community Mobilization Program COR Contracting Officer Representative COVID Corona Virus Infectious Disease DEO District Education Officer DRR Disaster Risk Reduction EMO Education Management Organization GBSS Government Boys’ Secondary School GGPS Government Girls Primary School GOS Government of Sindh IEC Information, Education, and Communication MSF Mission Strategic Framework MOV Means of Verification NOC No Objection Certificate PMIU Program Management and Implementation Unit PPP Public-Private Partnership PSE Private Sector Engagement PSF Project Support Fund PTA Parent-Teacher Association RFID Radio Frequency Identification RFP Request for Proposals RSU Reform Support Unit SBEP Sindh Basic Education Program SELD School Education and Literacy Department SEMIS Sindh Education Management Information System SIP School Improvement Plan SOP Standard Operating Procedures SMC School Management Committee SOW Scope of Work TER Technical Evaluation Report TFEC Technical and Financial Evaluation Committee USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government WATSAN Water and Sanitation

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A. PROGRAM SUMMARY

The Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) is one of the major bilateral initiatives supporting the Government of Sindh’s (GOS’) efforts to increase and sustain students’ enrollment in primary, elementary, and secondary grades. A significant component of the Sindh Basic Education Program, CMP was initially a five-year program limited to seven districts in the northern part of Sindh province— namely, Dadu, Jacobabad, Kamber-Shahdadkot, , Khairpur, Larkana, and Sukkur; and five towns of —including Bin Qasim, Gadap, Kemari, Lyari, and Organi in Sindh province. With the initial program’s success, however, GOS and USAID extended the program’s duration through August 2021 while expanding its geographic reach to all 29 districts of Sindh province and increasing all targets.

Implemented by Blumont Engineering Solutions, CMP has four key components: 1) Increasing communities’ involvement in the GOS reform of merging, consolidating, and upgrading schools; 2) Improving community and district administrations’ coordination for increased girls’ enrollment; 3) Improving child nutrition in selected communities and government schools through research that informs innovation and good practice; and 4) Launching education management organizations (EMOs).

In addition, CMP has three cross-cutting themes: 1) gender-mainstreaming of program activities; 2) water and sanitation: improving facilities, knowledge, and practice; and 3) disaster risk reduction, i.e., improving awareness, knowledge, preparation, and practice. Additionally, CMP has provided small grants to 300 neighboring schools to address needs identified and prioritized within school improvement plans.

The program’s key objectives are to facilitate coordination among the community and other stakeholders in aspects related to construction, merging, consolidation, and upgrading of Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP) schools; and empower communities. The initial scope focused on a total of 409 schools: 106 construction and 303 non-construction schools (also termed ‘neighboring schools’ due to their proximity to construction schools). The program aimed to increase students’ (particularly girls’) enrollment and retention in 409 selected schools through strengthened linkages between communities and District Education Departments. The CMP team strengthened linkages by creating a collaborative environment where community involvement in the day-to-day management and decision- making for schools is encouraged. However, under the revised scope of work, additional GOS- identified priority model schools were added, for a total 750 schools. CMP’s inclusive community activities are designed to make these educational improvements sustainable by increasing communities’ support for their local schools and their capacity to advocate for better educational provisions.

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B. SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Prior to the Government’s country-wide closure of schools to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, CMP had begun implementing the Year VII work plan beginning in October 2019 under the revised scope of work endorsed by USAID and GOS. By the closure of Sindh schools in early March 2020, CMP’s program team had completed most of the preliminary steps and had been ready to kickstart field activities, including the baseline survey and program introductory meetings to the selected model schools in expanded geographic areas.

However, the closure of schools within the country required CMP to reschedule some of its work plan activities while exploring innovative means to maintain its connection with students, teachers, community members, school administration, and education officials. For example, as in-person meetings and field visits were cancelled amid school closures and lockdowns, our program team launched the Care for Community (C4C) initiative, which leverages digital platforms to help maintain community spirit and connections by raising COVID-19 awareness. Through accurate and timely information and response, C4C provides a multilingual platform for information exchange, and engaging stakeholders on program activities. In doing so, CMP gathered contact numbers of education officials, schools’ head teachers (HTs) and School Management Committees’ (SMC) chairpersons, and formed district-level WhatsApp1 communication groups to disseminate key messages and information. CMP also engaged those community members in C4C who did not have smartphones or internet access through phone calls. In establishing rapport and providing health-related information, CMP was able to leverage this emerging network to obtain the endorsement of CMP’s activities in model schools from newly added DEOs. CMP also held an online joint quarterly progress review session in which 24 education officials joined, encouraging further use of online means for CMP activities.

CMP also engaged the school administration, SMCs, and community members to participate virtually in two mobilization sessions and become part of community meetings to understand the SMC subcommittee structure and express their willingness to join SMC subcommittees. It was very encouraging to see HTs of CMP model schools sharing the SMC notifications through WhatsApp, through which two of the SBEP target schools shared their enrollment data. CMP also continued coordinating with the Program Management and Implementation Unit (PMIU) and facilitated 25 schools in receiving furniture for their schools from the PMIU’s furniture vendor, as well as some PMIU community meetings per COVID-19-related standard operating procedures (SOPs)2. While all offices were locked down and almost all CMP staff following telework guidelines during this phase, the CMP team furthermore effectively engaged with and provided uninterrupted technical assistance to the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Node and EMOs to execute EMO-related activities.

One of the reporting quarter’s major tasks was the preparation and coordination of the signing ceremony for concession agreements between the School Education and Literacy Department (SELD) and selected EMOs under request for proposal (RFP) No. 5. CMP completed all the coordination and technical assistance tasks; however, the signing ceremony was rescheduled for July 2020 due to the Chief Minister’s attention to the COVID-19 response.

As a part of the revised work plan, CMP facilitated three online workshops with EMOs on contract management, where EMOs and PPP Node representatives discussed challenges and explored solutions regarding the smooth execution of activities under previously awarded schools. CMP overcame many

1 Though these online meetings initially began through WhatsApp, education officials were later guided towards using Microsoft Teams. 2 Government of Sindh issued the standard operating procedure for general public, such as maintaining physical distance, wearing mask in public, using sanitizers, and not gathering in large numbers.

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challenges by modifying the implementation methodology, completing as many activities as possible, and launched the well-received C4C initiative. During this quarter, CMP revisited and adjusted the remaining targets in the Year VIII work plan to achieve contract deliverables and continue bringing lasting positive change.

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C. MISSION STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (MSF) INDICATOR

The following table highlights progress during the reporting period against MSF indicators. Please note, this progress includes reports made under non-MSF indicators displayed in Annex II.

MSF Indicator Table for the 3rd Quarter Y-7 (Apr–Jun 2020) Cumulative Current Quarter Total Progress LoP Reporting Number Performance Indicator Data till Mar (Apr 1–Jun 30, To-Date (Jun Target Frequency 31, 2020 2020) 30, 2020) Goal: Sustain Community mobilization and school-based management in Sindh Province Component 2: Improve community and district government coordination for increased girls’ enrollment Number of learners enrolled in primary, elementary, and secondary 2.3-C 143,825 133,8253 –- 133,825 Annually USG-assisted schools, or equivalent USG-assisted non-school settings 2.3.1-b. Number of government officials who complete professional development 425 225 –- 225 Annually activities with USG assistance Number of parent-teacher associations (PTAs) or community- based school governance structures 4.3.1.a 750 447 95 542 Quarterly engaged in primary or secondary education supported with USG assistance. PPR ES.1- Number of public and private schools 750 447 –- 447 Annually 50. receiving USG assistance Pilot Component: Launch Education Management Organization (EMO) System Number of private-sector engagements as a result of USG Quarterly/Perio 2.3.2-a 38 27 –- 27 assistance (PSEs/Number of dic/Annually Partnerships)

3 This is total enrollment for LoP, not the incremental for reporting year.

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D. STATUS OF ACTIVITIES PER COMPONENTS

Component 1: Increase Communities’ Involvement in the GOS Reform of Merging, Consolidating, and Upgrading Schools Establish Coordination with Education Officials in Newly Added Districts In the light of the revised scope of work from the beginning of Year VII, CMP has been mandated to implement its interventions across the province in 750 schools, including existing SBEP-targeted construction schools, neighboring schools, and additional model schools. CMP has completed preliminary work and brought PMIU and SELD on board, but COVID-19-related closures impacted all field activities just prior to inception. During the reporting period, CMP established coordination with District Education Officers (DEOs) in some of the newly added districts (i.e., Ghotki, Jamshoro, and Thatta).

In these three online meetings, CMP provided an overview of the program, critical accomplishments of the past six years, as well as the scope of work related to the model schools in new districts. These online meetings were aimed at providing DEOs in newly added districts with a detailed orientation about the key features of CMP and level of engagement in model schools in their respective districts. While presenting the overview and details of the revised scope of work in model schools, CMP highlighted the role of SMCs and described how model schools will benefit from replicating CMP’s innovative community mobilization strategy.

Furthermore, DEOs attending the online meetings provided a list of 16 additional model schools to supplement the SELD–Reform Support Unit’s (RSU’s) list of 214 model schools to CMP for interventions, as CMP needed more schools to meet the required number of schools assigned by USAID. CMP also shared with the DEOs the RSU’s list (provided during the October–December 2019 quarter) to seek DEOs’ support. The District Education Department was subsequently notified that community- mobilization activities would be implemented in Ghotki, Jamshoro, and Thatta districts. CMP also sent an introductory email to the Directors School Education of Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas Regions and DEOs to provide a basic overview of the program to seek their continued support of field-based activities.

The table below shows the district-level status of received and notified the status of model schools.

S# District No. of Schools (Additional) 1 Ghotki 7 2 Jamshoro 4 3 Thatta 5 Total 16

Conduct Online Meetings/Sessions with Stakeholders in Model Schools CMP conducted eight online meetings with SMCs and HTs of notified model schools in Dadu, Ghotki, Jacobabad, Jamshoro, Kamber-Shahdadkot, Karachi, Kashmore, and Larkana districts via Microsoft Teams. A total of 114 participants (93 male, 21 female), including HTs, SMC members, education department officials, community members, and CMP staff. The objective of these introductory meetings was to provide a detailed overview of the SBEP, CMP key accomplishments, and planned interventions, including SMC re-

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program Quarter Progress Report, Quarter III, Year – VII Contract Award AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1 – June 30, 2020 activation, strengthening, and subcommittee formation—all contributing eventually to increased access and improved quality of education for children in these model schools. CMP also shared its mobilization approach, which fosters meaningful engagement of community members, especially the proactive involvement of SMC members.

The online meetings allowed CMP and school staff to build mutual rapport. The staff appreciated CMP interventions, highlighted the challenges faced by students, especially girls in these communities, and how CMP and community joint efforts will address these issues. Challenges shared included the lack of libraries, science labs, subject specialist teachers, and basic facilities. CMP emphasized the active role of the SMC for the betterment of the schools. During the meetings, CMP briefed the participants about revised guidelines and restructuring SMCs, including SMC subcommittees. As a result of these initial meetings, CMP was managed to receive copies of notification from 32 SMC executive committees.

Conduct Online Meetings/Sessions with Stakeholders in SBEP Construction and Neighboring Schools Due to COVID-19-related school closures, CMP teams could not carry out field visits. CMP managed to remain connected with grassroots-level stakeholders using different means, including mobile phone calls, WhatsApp, and Microsoft Teams. One of the main contributors to a positive response is the continuous engagement and capacity building of different stakeholders to support schools in their daily activities. CMP’s social-mobilization strategy emphasizes sensitizing school staff and SMCs on school-based educational reform so that local communities can engage with school administration to collaboratively increase enrollment, helping to ensure conducive learning environments and improved education quality.

As Ccommunity coordination is crucial to the program success in this challenging time, CMP conducted three online sessions using Microsoft Teams to maintain community coordination with 78 participants (59 male and 19 female) from 32 SBEP construction and neighboring schools in Kamber-Shahdadkot,

Figure 1: Screenshot of Online Meetings with SBEP Target Schools' Stakeholders Facilitated by CMP Kashmore, and Larkana districts. The participants included HTs, SMC members, education officials, community members and CMP staff who used this online platform to share the progress of schools, challenges, and proposed solutions to address these challenges collaboratively. School closures have impacted the full collection of data on students’ enrollment, however, with missing parent computerized national identity card (CNIC) and/or date of enrollment data being among some of the data points that

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CMP also encouraged HTs to seek the possibility of conducting online classes. Teachers shared that SELD has issued a notification for online courses, and that SELD will provide an orientation to teachers prior to the start of online classes. Some schools are engaged in collecting student data for students with access to tablets or smartphones and internet connectivity so they can benefit from online classes. In discussions with HTs, SMC members, the lack of smartphones, tablets, internet connectivity, and prolonged power outages were identified as major hurdles to moving classes online.

During these online meetings, Senior District Managers also updated the HTs regarding furniture delivery to newly reconstructed SBEP schools in Kamber-Shahdadkot and Larkana districts, funded by USAID. The meeting participants expressed their gratitude to CMP for reaching out to and interacting with them through alternative means.

Receiving of Furniture in RFP No. 04 # 05 SBEP Construction Schools

During the reporting quarter, CMP facilitated the PMIU and its vendor to deliver the furniture in 27 USAID-funded properly, newly reconstructed SBEP schools in Dadu, Kamber–Shahdadkot, Karachi, and Larkana districts. CMP coordinated with HTs of these schools and shared the furniture delivery schedule to help ensure safe unloading, delivery, and proper handover. CMP received the pictures of furniture delivery from the HTs and forwarded them to PMIU as means of verification (MOV).

Below is the district-wise SBEP Construction schools received the furniture S# District No. of Schools 1 Dadu 5 2 Larkana 9 3 Karachi 3 4 Kamber–Shahdadkot 10 Total Schools 27

School Name-Change Issue: GBELS Waryo Gabol SBEP Construction School in Gadap Town, Karachi Due to CMP’s strong links with school administration, SMCs, and communities of targeted schools, the program team was able to successfully conduct activities and address community conflicts/issues when they arise. CMP also plays a bridging role between PMIU and schools (SMCs, community and other stakeholders) to support communities, particularly for the smooth construction of SBEP schools.

The communities in Waryo Gabol stopped school construction due to the school naming issue. CMP facilitated discussions between Halcrow , school SMC, involving the PMIU and education department. A broad meeting of all stakeholders was arranged to discuss the renaming/change of the school name of GBELS Waryo Gabol in Gadap Town, Karachi. CMP coordinated with the town education officer and organized a meeting of the SMC, school, and community to resolve the issue.

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After detailed discussions, it was agreed that the PMIU would contact the concerned DEO for resolution; if the issue is beyond the scope of the DEO, PMIU will escalate the matter to the Director of Schools, and if necessary, then to the Secretary SELD.

Figure 2: PMIU Representative Conducting Meeting at GBELS Waryo Gabol to Address Issue of School Renaming

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Component II: Improve Community and District Government Coordination for Increased Girls’ Enrollment Data Collection of New Enrollment in CMP Targeted Schools CMP continued to support communities in increasing student (especially girls) enrollment in targeted schools—one of the program’s major deliverables. CMP’s role in improving coordination between the local community and district education department has remained instrumental for the enrollment of female students.

Figure 3: Student Enrollment Record Received from Head Teachers of Schools in Kashmore and Larkana

To record data and report performance, CMP collects enrollment data from schools, but school closures beginning in February 2020 related to COVID-19 interrupted the routine data-collection process. During this quarter, CMP collected data of newly enrolled students in the 2019–2020 academic year from two schools (one each in Kashmore and Larkana districts) through enrollment register photographs provided by HTs via WhatsApp.

Collection of Notifications of SMC Executive Committees of Model Schools CMP continued to coordinate remotely with school administration and SMCs of 32 model schools in Dadu, Ghotki, Jacobabad, Jamshoro, Kashmore, Khairpur, Kamber–Shahdadkot, Karachi, Larkana, and Sukkur districts. Mobile phone calls and virtual introductory meetings were arranged with 32 SMC executive committees

Formation of SMC Subcommittees in Model Schools Community empowerment is a critical success factor for all grassroots interventions and plays a key role in program sustainability. SMC is one of the key stakeholders to disseminate these efforts to the schools. Conventionally SMC’s circle of influence was limited to a few executive committee members and broadened by introducing the SMC subcommittee structure. Under the revised scope of work, CMP is mandated to replicate its concept of SMC subcommittees and will continue the formation and capacity- building of SMC subcommittees in 350 model schools. During the reporting quarter, CMP facilitated three

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program Quarter Progress Report, Quarter III, Year – VII Contract Award AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1 – June 30, 2020 schools to form nine SMC subcommittees (three SMC subcommittees in each school) in Karachi with 20 members (10 male and 10 female). These subcommittees are expected to assist SMC executive committees and CMP in increasing girls’ enrollment, developing and implementing SIPs, financial management and monitor student health and nutrition and hygiene status.

Joint-Quarterly Review and Planning Meeting with District Education Department During the reporting quarter, CMP continued to involve district administration to seek their cooperation to sustainably execute program interventions, establishing and strengthening coordination between government line departments and community stakeholders. CMP organized one Joint Quarterly Progress Review Online Meeting in Karachi with 24 virtual participants (15 male and nine female). The participants included the Deputy Director Secondary Education, DEOs, HTs of model schools, HTs of CMP-targeted construction schools and neighboring schools, representatives of SMCs, and CMP staff, including senior management . The meeting was aimed to share progress, discuss challenges faced by CMP-targeted schools, and jointly explore the solution.

CMP delivered a presentation entailing program overview, progress, (such as updates on furniture delivery, the C4C initiative, SMC strengthening, SIPs, and the possibility of initiating online classes), and key challenges. CMP was also able to share issues, seek support from district department heads and also receive and incorporate their feedback in the program strategy and implementation. For the HTs of notified model schools, this was the first experience to attend online Joint Quarterly Progress Review Meeting. During the question-and-answer session, the HT highlighted the issues in their schools, such as shortage of teaching staff and other missing facilities, lack of furniture, boundary wall, functional toilets, and delays in releasing of SMC funds. The Deputy Director Secondary Education led the conversation and responded to HTs’ queries and concerns. The meeting participants appreciated this development and acknowledged CMP coordination and effective communication even amid the difficulties wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. In his closing remarks, the Deputy Director Secondary Education said he appreciated all of CMP’s efforts in targeted schools and assured his Figure 4: Screenshot of Online Joint Quarterly future support and cooperation. Progress Review Meeting at Karachi

Other Sub-Activities during the Reporting Quarter

 Developed the concept note for the Provincial Workshop for DEOs on School Consolidation, merging, and upgrading.  Developed training material for three-day training of CMP field staff, which they will further disseminate to model schools’ SMCs.  Conducted preliminary meeting with Premier DLC (Pvt.) Ltd (selected training firm for DEOs training). The main purpose of this meeting was to give an overview of the assignment and see the possibilities to start activities related to DEO training in CMP districts amid COVID-19-related in lockdowns. There was also a discussion regarding a few technical aspects of the contract, including

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the schedule of payments. The contract manager and technical POC, Premier DLC (Pvt.) Ltd attended the meeting.  CMP coordinated with PMIU and shared a letter received from one of SBEP construction schools in written by construction contractor addressed to Deputy Commissioner Jacobabad requesting his permission to resume construction work in SBEP school, which was suspended during COVID-19 lockdown. In response to this correspondence, the newly joined Program Director PMIU advised Halcrow to write a letter to Deputy Commissioner Jacobabad on behalf of Program Director (PD) PMIU allowing the construction work for the school.  Provided school-specific information of 25 USAID-funded SBEP-reconstructed schools to PMIU for the delivery of furniture.

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Component IV: Launch Education Management Organizations Provide Technical Assistance to GOS on EMOs Reform Meeting with the Secretary of School Education and Literacy Department (SELD) Regarding Contract Management Issues of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Education Management Organization (EMO) Reform

CMP participated in a meeting held at Sindh Secretariat on June 4, 2020, chaired by Mr. Khalid Haider Shah, Secretary, SELD, GOS. CMP also provided technical support to Director PPP Node in preparing a presentation to highlight challenges faced by the public-private partnership and EMO reform. The PD PMIU also attended the meeting. Secretary SELD provided guidance to develop strategies and take action for effective implementation of EMO reforms in SBEP schools. Furthermore, CMP provided technical assistance to the PPP Node, SELD, in addressing the force majeure issues of EMOs during the pandemic. These details were further shared with Director PPP Unit Finance Department and Secretary SELD.

Organize District -Level Consultative Sessions/Workshops/Dialogues on EMO Reforms CMP organized an online consultative meeting focused on EMO reform on June 22, 2020. The Director Education, Karachi, Deputy Director Education, DEO, DDEO, Taluka4 Education Officer (TEOs,) SMC member, and HT of nine Karachi construction schools participated in the meeting. The purpose of this meeting was to provide orientation to the stakeholders regarding the present status of schools and make them aware of EMO reform. The concept of PPPs in education, EMO process, roles and responsibilities, and limitations was discussed at length. This meeting provided clarity to participants Figure 5: Screenshot of Online District about the EMO reform and its main functions. Level EMO Consultative Workshop Support to Outsourced Schools, GOS and Contracted EMOs for Ground-Level Implementation of EMO Reforms Re-Appropriation Issue of The Citizen Foundation (TCF): CMP provided technical assistance to PPP-Node, SELD to manage contract management issues, such as performance against the key performance indicators, delays in payment, and clarity about the contractual clauses raised by TCF. In this regard, a detailed discussion held on April 27, 2020, with TCF, its independent expert (IE), AASA Consulting, and independent auditor (IA), Deloitte-Pakistan, to sort out the issues. CMP assisted Director PPP Node, SELD to respond appropriately and to manage with the situation accordingly. In this meeting, CMP representative, Director PPP Node, and the senior management from TCF its IE and IA participated.

Discussions with Independent Auditors regarding Financial Issues of EMO Agreements: During the reporting period, two online meetings were held with Deloitte Consultant (IA) to discuss various financial matters of the concession agreement with EMOs. The first meeting was held on April 10, 2020, and second on April 20, 2020. In these meetings, CMP’s representative, along with Director PPP

4 Taluka is small administrative unit of a district. TEO means Taluka Education Officer, which reports to concerned DEO.

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Node, participated and discussed issues relating to payment delays, coordination and understanding of RFPs No. 1, 2, and 3, as well as other contractual matters.

Resolving the Annuity Amount Adjustment Issue: CMP provided its technical assistance to PPP Node to discuss the annuity amount adjustment issue with Beaconhouse (EMO for Government High School Kolab Jial), and its Independent Auditor. Subsequently, three online meetings were held during the reporting period, where CMP assisted PPP Node in developing a response from Authority to the EMO.

Orientation of Independent Expert on Concession Agreements: CMP facilitated the PPP Node in conducting two meetings with AASA Consulting (IE) on April 23, 2020, and May 13, 2020, to discuss the issues relating to the EMO evaluation period. CMP participated in the meeting and provided technical assistance to interpret the concession agreement’s relevant clauses. Director PPP Node and the senior management from AASA participated in these meetings. Later CMP drafted the minutes of the meeting and shared with participants.

Record Keeping, Filing, and Contract Management Support: After the revised scope of work, CMP managed to take contract management to the next level. Regarding the decision made in EMO contract management workshops in the previous quarter, CMP is successfully coordinating and compiling the quarterly and annual reports from IEs and IAs, which shows the pending tasks are being processed and accomplished. In this regard, CMP prepared and updated the Excel report register, which has the status of IEs, and IAs reports. CMP facilitated the PPP Node in sharing the updated status reports with the Public-Private Partnership Support Facility (PSF).

Technical Support to PPP-Node, SELD for School Specific Budget: CMP facilitated the PPP Node and provided the cost centers and School-Specific Budget (SSB) of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018–19 along with working sheet for onward submission to PPP-Unit Finance Department (FD), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and PSF for further processing. To provide support to the PPP Node, CMP developed a data collection tool and coordinated with IEs for the collection of relevant information of RFPs No. 1–3 schools in Khairpur and Sukkur districts. CMP also prepared a chart of budget allocations for EMO reform, which includes PPP investments through engagements with the government for future references. Direct Support to PPP Node, SELD: Apart from other joint meetings with EMO partners, eight online meetings were held with the Director PPP Node. In these meetings, CMP discussed the challenges, progress, and the way forward related to EMO reforms. Provided technical support to PPP Node regarding missing quarterly and annual reports of IAs and IEs, and support for the annual budget for FY 2020-2021. CMP Facilitated Director PPP Node for preparation of letters, emails, note sheets, and force majeure provisions of the Concession Agreement shared with IEs for further sharing with EMOs.

Provide Technical & Legal Assistance to GOS in Outsourcing Construction and Priority Schools to EMOs under RFP No. 5 Development of Draft Concession Agreements: CMP provided support to PPP Node in developing and sharing the final version of concession agreement SBEP EMOs RFP No. 5 with EMOs vetted by Law Department, Government of Sindh including the finalized Annuity amount Payment schedule, for five district packages (Larkana 1, Larkana 2, Kamber Shahdadkot, Dadu, and Karachi) along with the steps to be completed by the parties.

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Meeting regarding draft Concession agreement with HANDS: CMP facilitated PPP Node to conduct two meetings with HANDS (EMO) on June 2, 2020, and June 23, 2020, where Director PPP Node and senior management of HANDS participated to discuss various points on draft Concession Agreement of four districts packages (Larkana 1, Larkana2, Dadu and Karachi) for RFP# 5 as well, as force majeure letter sent out by HANDS.

Provide Technical & Legal Assistance to GOS in Outsourcing Construction and Priority Schools to EMOs under RFP No. 6 RFP No. 6 School: PMIU shared a list of nine USAID-funded SBEP School which are near completion. Subsequently, a data collection tool and the list of those nine construction schools were shared with relevant Sr. DM of CMP for the identification of neighboring schools. A tentative list of neighboring schools has also been prepared for RFP No. 6. Work Plan of RFP No. 6: CMP team has prepared a work plan Gantt Chart of initial activities for RFP No. 6 to bring more clarity in the process and be prepared. Recommendations for Concession Agreement of RFP No 6: CMP Facilitated PPP Node in drafting and sending a reminder email to all EMOs and other stakeholders to provide feedback/recommendations for the Concession Agreement RFP No. 6. Feedback for upcoming RFPs: CMP facilitated by sharing draft IE agreement with all IE organizations and draft escrow agreement with Sindh Bank aiming to receive input for forthcoming RFPs.

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E. STATUS OF ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19

Security Updates and Safety Measures during COVID-19 The first COVID-19 case was diagnosed on February 26, 2020, in Karachi and since then, the situation has continued to worsen generally in Pakistan and especially in Sindh Province. During the reporting quarter, GOS continued to apply lockdown measures with varying intensity (sometimes very strict across the province other times relaxation for districts). A detailed table of lockdown in different districts of Sindh is added as an annex. One of the reasons for the extremely rapid spread of COVID-19 cases in Sindh province is that the general populace failed to understand the gravity of the problem and remained non- compliant about following the Government imposed SOPs for prevention from the spread of the virus.

Keeping in view the situation, CMP continued to perform telework (with the exception of the last week of May 2020 and the first two weeks of June 2020 when offices were opened with minimum staff and following COVID-19 specific SOPs). It can be seen on the page # 20 that the ease of lockdown during the third week of May 2020 (mainly a few days before Eid) had a negative effect, and a steep rise was noted in new cases across the province. This forced the CMP senior management to reconsider, as advised by the Senior Security Manager, and the staff was once again encouraged to revert to telework from June 25. One CMP team member tested positive for COVID-19 on June 3, 2020, but thankfully recovered after being hospitalized for over two weeks.

Situation across Sindh

 During the reporting period, Sindh witnessed an unprecedented increase in COVID-19 cases, from 709 on April 1, to 84,656 on June 30.  The mortality rate during this period averaged 1.74%, with 1,377 people losing their fight against the virus.  The recovery rate for the reporting period was 55.31%, with 46,793 people successfully defeating the virus.  The rate of positive during the reporting period was recorded at 17,370 infections/10 million population.  Karachi remained the worst-affected city not just across Sindh, but also across Pakistan– accounting for 75.8% of total cases in the province. Preventive Measures Taken by CMP

 After consultation with and endorsement from COR and Blumont Headquarters, CMP advised the staff to continue teleworking with the required guideline until the situation improves.  A detailed document on re-opening of offices and resumption of normal work was drafted by the Sr. Security Manager with comprehensive set of SOPs.  All offices have been fumigated and disinfected against COVID-19 following a visit from a senior SELD official visiting CMP who later tested positive for COVID-19.  Flyers with information on COVID-19 prevention have been pasted across all offices.  Hand sanitizer dispensers have been installed across the office buildings.  All offices have been stocked with face masks, surgical gloves, hand sanitizers for each work station, and disinfectants for regular cleaning multiple times during the day.

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 Biometric locks have been disabled, and replaced with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) cards.  Guards at the office entrances have been provided with thermal scanners to measure the temperature of each employee and visitor at the office is checked before allowing access.  Staff are informed about any measures, notifications, decisions taken by the government regarding the lockdown and COVID-19 in real-time via email and WhatsApp.

Figure 6: Preventive Measures Taken at CMP during COVID - 19

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Situation Overview Daily Positive Rate

550,000 50,000 40%

500,000 45,000 35% 450,000 40,000 30% 400,000 35,000 350,000 25% 30,000 300,000 25,000 20% 250,000 20,000 200,000 15% 15,000 150,000 10% 100,000 10,000 5% 50,000 5,000

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Total Tests Total Confirmed Cases Total Deaths Total Recoveries Daily Positive Rate

Cases: Active vs. Recovery vs. Mortality Rate Total Cases: Sindh vs. Pakistan

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CMP Care for Community Initiative in CMP-Targeted Districts The spread of COVID-19 is having a devastating impact globally including Pakistan. All the educational institutes are closed to control the spread of virus among children and provincial, as well as Federal government has issued stringent guidelines and imposed lockdown to control the pandemic effects.

Like any other aspect of life, this situation drastically affected CMP’s field- based activities. However, the team looked for innovative ways to connect with and support the communities in this challenging time and came up with the initiative “Care for Community” (C4C). The basic purpose of C4C was to a.) Raise awareness about prevention from COVID-19, b.) Establish a platform to exchange information about the health and well-being of CMP community members, and c.) Provide information about CMP’s ongoing and upcoming activities.

To reach out to communities, CMP used a variety of methods, such as; gathering contact numbers of DEOs, HTs and SMC Chairpersons, and members (from our existing Management Information System (MIS) record, as well as through snowball sampling through community member networks We developed district-level WhatsApp groups, and for those who didn’t have access to smartphones or the internet, we reached out through voice calls and SMS. By using different communication ways, CMP not only began to disseminate health, hygiene, Figure 7: Screenshot of a and COVID-19 prevention-related messages but also empathize with District Level C4C WhatsApp Communication them by checking about their health, well-being. CMP also updated them Group about ongoing and upcoming activities.

During the reporting quarter, CMP formed district-level WhatsApp groups in Dadu, Ghotki, Jamshoro, Jacobabad, Karachi, Kashmore, Khairpur, Kamber–Shahdadkot, Larkana, and Sukkur by adding 579 members (437 male and 142 female); these members included educational officials, school staff, teachers and HTs of CMP targeted Schools (construction, neighboring, and model schools), SMC chairpersons, SMC members, and community members. In addition to the dissemination of 42 key health, hygiene, and prevention messages on the WhatsApp group, CMP also made voice calls and connected with 1,769 stakeholders (1,417 male and 352 female) through voice calls. This gesture of care, compassion, and connectedness was very well received by all corners in CMP targeted communities. They thanked CMP for providing accurate and timely information and, most importantly, reaching out to them in such a tough situation.

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Figure 8: Key messages disseminated to CMP communities under C4C Initiative.

Conduct Online Sessions on Community Mobilization and Role of School Management Committees Observing that many of the community members were connected through WhatsApp groups, the CMP senior management team (SMT) took the C4C initiative to the next level by deciding to use these platforms beyond circulating health-prevention messages and begin conducting sessions on topics such as “The Role of SMCs in Improving Access and Quality of Education for the Girls”, facilitated by the Community Mobilization Advisor, and “The Role of Stakeholders in Making Public Schools as Best Schools”, facilitated by CMP’s education expert.

During the first one-and-half hour Teams online session (“Community Mobilization and Role of SMCs in Mobilizing Communities”) held on April 22, 2020, 52 participants (43 male and nine female)—including HTs, SMC chairpersons, SMC members, DEOs, and CMP field teams from Dadu, Jacobabad, Kamber– Shahdadkot, Kashmore, Karachi, Khairpur, and Larkana districts—participated. The primary purpose of conducting this session was to continue the community mobilization momentum and keep grassroots level stakeholders involved and engaged despite COVID-19 and closure of the schools. During the session, the facilitator initiated the meeting with brainstorming on the topic of basic concept and definition of community and community mobilization, where participants shared their views per their knowledge. Other topics also included the “dos” and “don’ts” in community mobilization, possible activities, and strategies for mobilizing the communities also discussed and shared during the session. The facilitator also quoted the best practices and examples of community mobilization to increase girls’ enrollment, decrease dropout, and increase of women members in SMCs and their subcommittees.

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During the “Role of Stakeholders to Make Government Schools as Best School” session, facilitated by a CMP education expert on April 28, 2020, 60 participants (46 male and 14 female) joined online. During these two-hour interactive sessions, participants sought ways and means to improve government schools, and the facilitator provided suggestions based on his experience at CMP. Some of the community members shared that after attending CMP’s training, a significant improvement in their school’s learning environments had led to increased enrollment and students’ attendance. During these sessions, DEOs also endorsed that SMCs in CMP-targeted schools have improved coordination with us, and they share their day-to-day matters of schools, as well as progress. Overall, both sessions were well-received by all participants and appreciate the initiative of CMP for conducting online community-mobilization sessions.

Initiative of Online Classes by CMP Targeted Model School’s Teachers As discussed above, all schools have been closed since February 2020, causing academic learning loss for every student. CMP makes every effort to help ensure that all students enrolled in CMP- targeted schools continue to attain their right to education. In this regard, CMP tabled the agenda of online classes with DEOs during different online meetings in this quarter to support SELD’s initiative for recovering learning losses. During the meeting held on June 15, 2020, the education officials brainstormed on different methodologies and discussed challenges and Figure 9: Students of GBHSS Anjuman-e-Islamia, opportunities and finally piloted online classes Liaquatabad #10, Karachi Joined Online Class for Government Boys Higher Secondary School (GBHSS) Anjuman-e-Islamia, Liaquatabad #10, one of the CMP model school. This school used Google Meet and Google Classroom and offered online learning opportunities to 93 students of Grade 9 and 10. Furthermore, the HT shared that soon, they will start online classes for grades 6–8 as well. The school has also created a WhatsApp group to disseminate students’ assignments.

Documentation Outreach and Communication The regular and field-based communications activities during the reporting quarter were impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As an alternate, the communications team worked with the program section and CMP management to effectively engage and communicate with the stakeholders during this time and not to lose the momentum gained over the past years. This resulted in the launching of the C4C initiative to raise awareness about prevention from COVID-19, establish a platform to exchange information about the health and well-being of our community members, and to provide information about CMP’s ongoing, as well as upcoming program activities.

CMP Communications Manager is responsible for managing the C4C initiative and working with the field teams to reach out to the target audience. The outreach included DEOs, headmasters and principles of government neighboring schools and model schools, and a large portion of community representatives, students, and SMC members. Besides sharing information through WhatsApp groups, regular online meetings with DEOs and school administrations are also ongoing under C4C. The Communications Manager moderates/facilitates these sessions.

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Information shared through the C4C forum is obtained from reliable sources i.e., from the Government of Pakistan (GOP) http://covid.gov.pk/, Government of Sindh (GOS), Center for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/, World Health Organization (WHO) https://www.who.int/ and other United Nations (UN) resources or USAID and U.S. Government advisories as relevant.

By introducing C4C, the CMP has enhanced the capacities of its stakeholders, which often are less technology-savvy. They are now using MS Teams to attend these online meetings and move the program/project agenda forward.

Figure 10: CMP Communication Manager Facilitating an Online Session during COVID - 19

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Highlight CMP’s Efforts on FM 88.6 Radio Program

On May 23, 2020, Mr. Naveed Ahmed Shaikh, the CMP Chief of Party, participated in Ramadan Special Social Sector Focused live program “Learning Bite” on FM 88.6. This program enabled CMP to highlight key accomplishments of the SBEP in general and CMP’s achievements in particular. The COP emphasized on following aspects of the program:

 Provided a basic introduction about CMP and also talked about the meaningful involvement of the community and how CMP facilitated the smooth execution of the program by help to ensuring active participation from the community. He Figure 11: CMP's COP at F.M. 88.6 Studio provided a couple of community mobilization during the Program Learning Bite examples during school construction activities.  While talking about the implementation of educational reforms, the COP highlighted CMP’s efforts on school consolidation, upgradation and how it is creating impact on quality of education, while keeping the cost-efficiency in mind.  Highlighted the contribution of USAID and the effectiveness of EMO reforms. He shared that EMO reform is fostered the equity promoting access to quality education to every child without any socioeconomic discrimination.  Talked about CMP’s efforts towards communities under the C4C Initiative during COVID-19. CMP started C4C to disseminate valid and accurate health and prevention-related information among community members, later on, C4C included awareness-raising about alternate learning resources and also fostered coordination between district administration and communities. COP highlighted that we challenged many paradoxes through proactive efforts, and reached to more than 1,800 community members, education officials, district administration representatives, and teachers.

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F. OPERATIONS

 CMP implemented telework reporting mechanism to record task progress for all staff.  CMP talked with Health Insurance Company to process staff health claims through online reimbursement instead of a paper-based claim. Personnel

 The following resignations took place during the reporting period: o Senior Education Reform Expert, Mr. Zahid Jatoi, resigned on April 17, 2020. His last day working on CMP will be May 16, 2020. o Human Resources Manager, Ms. Salma Memon, resigned on March 18, 2020. Her last day working on CMP will be April 2, 2020. o Senior M&E Officer, Mr. Murtaza Shah, resigned on May 6, 2020. His last day working on CMP will be June 8, 2020. o Community Mobilizer, Ms. Mehtab Channa, resigned on April 30, 2020. Her last day working on CMP will be June 3, 2020.  CMP advertised the positions for Senior Education Reform Expert, Human Resources Manager, Senior M&E Officer, and Community Mobilizer during the month of May 2020. The interviews and hiring procedures are in process.

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G. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

Challenges Efforts to Overcome Delay of the Signing Ceremony for the Concession Due to COVID-19, the event will occur in July 2020, Agreement between SELD and Selected EMOs with limited in-person participants; most of the under RFP No. 5. The delay is because the GOS members, including USAID Mission Director will join deferred all public gatherings due to COVID-19. virtually.

CMP is consistently following up with SELD, and recently, after continuous follow-up, Secretary SLED has dispatched a letter to the Chief Minister’s house, requesting his presence for the signing of the concession agreement for RFP No. 5. Remote coordination has been a challenge during CMP team continued the coordination and made a list this reporting period. Not all stakeholders use of stakeholders who are using smartphone and have smartphone and do not have access to the internet. access to the internet. The purpose was to coordinate with stakeholders through phone call (who don’t have smartphone), online meetings/sessions through MS Teams and creating WhatsApp group to share the messages and posters for precaution measures for COVID-19. Using Applications on smartphones: CMP team facilitated the stockholders in using of online To carry the program activities and meeting with meeting app such as Teams. After the facilitation, stakeholders, online communication was a stakeholders can use and also participate in online challenge. meetings and sessions. Closure of schools due to the COVID-19 CMP launched the C4C initiative to raise awareness pandemic: about prevention from COVID-19, and to provide information about CMP’s upcoming activities using SELD, GOS closed the educational institutions on online means. Feb 27, 202,0 to reduce the spread of the virus among masses. Whereas the pandemic also The outreach includes DEOs, HTs of CMP-targeted restricted civic life, at large. GOS has also imposed schools and a significant number of community a ban on organizing large gatherings, community representatives, students, and SMC members. meetings, etc. It is worth highlighting due to restriction on the community gatherings, CMP’s CMP has also revisited the work plan and adjusted the targets of this quarter were affected, especially activities for the next quarter to catch up on the targets. related to field-based activities.

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ANNEXURE–I: SUCCESS STORIES

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ANNEXURE–II: MONITORING & EVALUATION MSF and NON MSF INDICATOR TABLE

CMP Indicator Table for the 3rd Quarter Y-7 (Apr-Jun 2020) Cumulative Reporting LoP Total Progress to Number Performance Indicator Data till Mar Current quarter Target date- Jun 30, 2020 31, 2020 (Apr 1–Jun 30, 2020) Frequency Goal: Sustain Community mobilization and school-based management in Sindh Province Component 1: Increase communities’ involvement in the GOS reform of merging, consolidating, and upgrading schools

439 developed Percent of community based social and 95% 439 developed and 1.1.1 mobilization plans developed are 80% of 420 implemented –- 95% implemented Annually implemented (397 out of 420) (397 out of 420)

Number of community members trained on Quarterly 1.2.1 how to develop and implement 2100 1997 –- 1997 social mobilization plans (Internal) Component 2: Improve community and district government coordination for increased girls’ enrollment 16,749 16,749 (13,267 re- Number of out-of-school children newly (13,267 re-enrolled enrolled girls 2.1.2 enrolled or re-enrolled in the education 13,000 –- girls and 40,275 Annually and 40,275 system with USG assistance new/re-enrolled new/re- boys) enrolled boys)5

5 CMP’s component II focuses on increasing girls’ enrollment. Under the recent target modification, enrollment target for the Life of Project (LOP) is 10,000 new girls’ enrollment and CMP is responsible and accountable for this target. As of CMP Year V Annual Progress Report, 16,749 new girls have been enrolled in CMP targeted schools. In addition to new enrollment, 13,267 girls were re-enrolled and 40,275 boys were new/re-enrolled, which is an added value due to CMP’s efforts.

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CMP Indicator Table for the 3rd Quarter Y-7 (Apr-Jun 2020) Cumulative Reporting LoP Total Progress to Number Performance Indicator Data till Mar Current quarter Target date- Jun 30, 2020 31, 2020 (Apr 1–Jun 30, 2020) Frequency Number of school improvement plans 2.2.1 750 439 –- 439 Quarterly developed through USG assistance 51% (382 out Percent of SMCs having implemented at least 51% (382 out of 750) 2.2.2 80% of 750 of 750) –- Annually one item of their SIP implemented implemented

Cumulative Number of SMC/community Quarterly 2.2.3 members trained on enhanced accountability 11250 7,781 –- 7,781 and school governance. (Internal) Quarterly 2.2.4 Number of community exchange visits 88 88 –- 88 (Internal)

Number of small grants disseminated to Quarterly 2.4.1 420 420 –- 420 SMCs of non-construction schools (Internal) Component 3: Improve child nutrition in selected communities and government schools through research that informs innovation and good practice Percent of focus schools implementing 435 Schools 435 Schools 3.1.1 80% of 400 –- Annually activities for improved hygiene practices. 109% of 400 109% of 400

70% of 87% (2,649 out Percent of trained community members that trained of 3,037) 87% (2,649 out of 3.2.1 demonstrate increased knowledge of hygiene community Participants –- 3,037) Participants Annually and nutrition. member increased increased knowledge knowledge

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CMP Indicator Table for the 3rd Quarter Y-7 (Apr-Jun 2020) Cumulative Reporting LoP Total Progress to Number Performance Indicator Data till Mar Current quarter Target date- Jun 30, 2020 31, 2020 (Apr 1–Jun 30, 2020) Frequency 2500 Number of community members trained to Quarterly 3.2.2 disseminate awareness on nutrition and community 3,037 –- 3,037 (Internal) hygiene members

Number of field team members trained on Quarterly 3.2.3 80 63 –- 63 Nutrition and Hygiene (Internal) Number of children in targeted districts 3.2.4 reached by USAID supported nutrition 40,000 44,400 –- 44,400 Quarterly programs. Pilot Component: Launch Education Management Organization (EMO) System Number of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) 4.1.1 5 9 –- 9 Annually projects established and Implemented

Number of USG-assisted CSOs working to 106 7 7 4.1.2 –- Annually improve education quality and access *101 *43 *43

6 Target modified from number of CSOs to the number of construction schools. *According to modification it is; “90% of 106completed construction schools contracted out to EMOs).

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ANNEXURE–III: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS DURING IMPORTANT MEETINGS IN QUARTER

Date: April 10, 2020 Purpose: Meeting with Deloitte to discuss financial issues Venue: Microsoft Teams Name Designation and Department Mr. Tauseef Lateef Director PPP Node Ms. Hina Shaikh Deloitte Mr. Adil Deloitte Mr. Ghazi Deloitte Mr. Shafqat Deloitte Mr. Imran Deloitte Ms. Ahmed Deloitte Mr. Naveed Ahmed Shaikh Sindh Community Mobilization Program Mr. Zahid Jatoi Sindh Community Mobilization Program Mr. Abeer Ahmed Sindh Community Mobilization Program Mr. Mansoor Sarwar Sindh Community Mobilization Program Mr. Mustafa Ahmed Sindh Community Mobilization Program Ms. Hira Nazir Sindh Community Mobilization Program

Date: April 20, 2020 Purpose: Meeting with Deloitte to discuss financial issues Venue: Microsoft Teams Name Designation and Department Mr. Tauseef Lateef Director PPP Node Ms. Hina Shaikh Deloitte Mr. Adil Deloitte Mr. Shafqat Deloitte Ms. Ahmed Deloitte Mr. Zahid Jatoi Sindh Community Mobilization Program Mr. Abeer Ahmed Sindh Community Mobilization Program Mr. Mansoor Sarwar Sindh Community Mobilization Program Mr. Mustafa Ahmed Sindh Community Mobilization Program

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Ms. Hira Nazir Sindh Community Mobilization Program

Date: April 27, 2020 Purpose: Meeting with TCF (IA and IE) regarding Impact of COVID 19 Venue: Microsoft Teams Name Designation and Department Mr. Tauseef Lateef Director PPP Node Mr. Aqeel TCF Ms. Sadaf TCF Ms. Rahila Jamil TCF Mr. Faraiz TCF Mr. Rauf TCF Ms. Birjis AASA Mr. Faizan AASA Mr. Riaz AASA Mr. Asad A.F Ferguson Mr. Khurshid A.F Ferguson Mr. Aijaz A.F Ferguson Mr. Zahid Jatoi Sindh Community Mobilization Program Mr. Abeer Ahmed Sindh Community Mobilization Program Mr. Mansoor Sarwar Sindh Community Mobilization Program Mr. Mustafa Ahmed Sindh Community Mobilization Program Ms. Hira Nazir Sindh Community Mobilization Program

Date: June 22–23, 2020 Two Meetings with HANDS regarding Draft Concession agreement of RFP Purpose: No V Venue: Microsoft Teams Name Designation and Department Mr. Tauseef Lateef Director PPP Node Dr. Aslam Khan HANDS Mr. Qalander Behrani HANDS Mr. Anwer HANDS Mr. Abeer Ahmed Sindh Community Mobilization Program

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ANNEXTURE–IV: FINANCIAL REPORT

Actual Expenditure This Reporting Period

PREVIOUS (Inception to March 31, THIS QUARTER (April –June CUMULATIVE 2020) 2020)

$21,534,273.25 $294,897.40 $21,829,170.61

(Figures taken from March invoice). (Invoice Amount April, May, June of 2020 (Figures taken from June Estimated Invoice).

Estimated Expenditure Next Reporting Period*

July August September TOTAL

$133,481.70 $ 252,916.57 $ 113,028.97 $499,427.23

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ANNEXTURE–V: DISTRICT-WISE DETAIL OF LOCKDOWN IN SINDH PROVINCE

Area Lock Down Type Start Lock Down End Lock Down As Announce by GOS

Sindh (Entire Province) Complete 23-Mar-20 09-May-20

Dadu District 7Smart Lock Down 10-Jun-20 18-Jun-20 Smart Lock Down 16-Jun-20 22-Jun-20 Kashmore District Smart Lock Down 16-Jun-20 22-Jun-20 Sukkur City Smart Lock Down 16-Jun-20 23-Jun-20 Rohri City Smart Lock Down 16-Jun-20 22-Jun-20 Pano Aqil Smart Lock Down 16-Jun-20 23-Jun-20 Kamber Shahdadkot Smart Lock Down 16-Jun-20 23-Jun-20 District Jacobabad District Smart Lock Down 16-Jun-20 30-Jun-20 Dist. Korangi–Karachi Smart Lock Down 18-Jun-20 02-Jul-20 Dist. South–Karachi Smart Lock Down 18-Jun-20 02-Jul-20 Dist. East–Karachi Smart Lock Down 18-Jun-20 02-Jul-20 Dist. West–Karachi Smart Lock Down 18-Jun-20 02-Jul-20 Dist. Malir–Karachi Smart Lock Down 18-Jun-20 02-Jul-20 Dist. Central–Karachi Smart Lock Down 18-Jun-20 02-Jul-20 District Hyderabad Smart Lock Down 18-Jun-20 02-Jul-20

7 Smart Lockdown is when COVID-19 hot spots are identified in the city/town/area, then those specific areas are sealed to limit the spread of virus in other areas.

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