Ethiopia Refugee Education Strategy 2015-2018
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ETHIOPIA REFUGEE EDUCATION STRATEGY 2015-2018 JUNE 2015 1 | National Refugee Education Strategy 2015-2018 (Ethiopia) Table of Contents ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Background: Contextualization of the UNHCR Global Education Strategy to the Ethiopian Context ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 General Operational Context of the Office of UNHCR Representation in Ethiopia ............. 6 The Organization, Structure and Management of Refugee Education System ..................... 8 Emphases of the Contextualized Refugee Education Strategy in Ethiopia ............................ 9 PART I PRIMARY EDUCATION .............................................................................................. 11 A. Context Analysis: Gaps and challenges ........................................................................................ 11 Teachers................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Curricula .................................................................................................................................................................. 12 MoE Expertise ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 Double shifts .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 B. Key strategies to Improve Teacher Quality and Availability ............................................... 13 C. Key strategies to Improve Access of Refugee children to learning opportunities ....... 16 D. Indictors of achievement for Objective 1 ................................................................................... 18 PART II CREATING SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS .................................................. 20 A. Context Analysis: Gaps and challenges ........................................................................................ 20 C. Key Strategies to Enhance Protection of Children in Schools .............................................. 21 D. Indictors of achievement for Objective 2 ................................................................................... 24 PART III SECONDARY EDUCATION ...................................................................................... 25 A. Context Analysis................................................................................................................................... 25 B. Key Strategies to Improve access to Formal secondary Education ................................... 26 D. Indictors of achievement for Objective 3 ................................................................................... 28 PART IV: HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR REFUGEES ............................ 29 A. Context Analysis: Gaps and Challenges in Access to Higher Education ........................... 29 B. Key Strategies for Increasing Opportunities for Higher Education .................................. 30 C. Indicators Of Achievement For Higher Education ................................................................... 30 D. Context Analysis: Gaps and Challenges in Technical, Vocational and Para-Professional Training ....................................................................................................................................................... 31 E. Key Strategies for TVET Programmes .......................................................................................... 32 F. Indicators Of Achievement For Vocational Education............................................................ 33 Part V: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE, NON-FORMAL ADULT FUNCTIONAL EDUCATION, ACCELERATED EDUCATION .................................................. 34 A. Context Analysis: Gaps and Challenges in Access to Early Childhood Education and Care ............................................................................................................................................................... 34 B. Key Strategies for Early Childhood Education and Care ....................................................... 35 C. Indicators of Achievement for Early childhood Education and Care ................................ 36 D. Context Analysis: : Gaps and Challenges in Access to Alternative and Accelerated formal Learning Programmes ............................................................................................................. 38 E. Key Strategies for Access to Alternative and Accelerated formal Learning Programmes ......................................................................................................................................................................... 39 F. Indicators of Achievement for for Alternative and Accelerated Education .................... 40 2 | National Refugee Education Strategy 2015-2018 (Ethiopia) G. Context Analysis for Adult and Non-Formal Education ......................................................... 42 H. Key Strategies for Adult and Non-Formal Education ............................................................. 42 I. Indicators for Adult and Non-formal Education ........................................................................ 43 PART VI EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES ................................................................................. 45 PART VII. CROSS-CUTTING STRATEGIC APPROACHES ..................................................... 49 Strategic Approach A: Partnership for Quality and Protective Refugee Education ......... 49 A. Context Analysis: Partnerships ...................................................................................................... 49 B. Key Strategies for Partnerships ..................................................................................................... 50 C. Indicators for Strategic Approach A: Partnership ................................................................... 51 Strategic Approach B: Capacity development of UNHCR personnel and of partners will improve education programme management ............................................................................... 52 A. Context Analysis: Capacity Development ................................................................................... 52 B. Key Strategies for Capacity Development .................................................................................. 52 C. Indicators for Strategic Approach B: Capacity Development .............................................. 53 Strategic Approach C: Measuring progress will strengthen learning results .................... 53 7.3 Strategic Approach D: Innovation and technology will expand education opportunities ............................................................................................................................................. 55 8. Monitoring and Evaluation Plan ................................................................................................. 57 9. Implementation Plan: Implementation . ..................................................................................... 57 ANNEX 1: SCHOOL STATISTICAL DATA FOR 2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR ......................... 58 1: SUMMARY OF REFUGEE SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION .............................................................. 58 2: SUMMARY OF SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION AND ENROLLMENT RATE ............................... 58 3: EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION (ECCE) ENROLLMENT RATE ...................... 59 4: PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT RATE ...................................................................................... 59 5: SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ............................................................................................. 60 6: NUMBER OF REFUGEE YOUNG PEOPLE ENROLLED IN LOCAL HOST COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ...................................................................................................................................................... 60 7: NATIONALS/LOCAL HOST COMMUNITY YOUTH ENROLLED IN REFUGEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ........................................................................................................................................................ 61 8: HIGHER EDUCATION BY NATIONALITIES AND GENDER ........................................................ 61 9: REFUGEE YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS ENROLLED IN VOCATIONAL AND TRAINING AND EDUCATION....................................................................................................................................... 61 10: SCHOOL ENROLLMENT RATES BY SUB-OFFICES/FIELD OFFICES .................................... 61 3 | National Refugee Education Strategy 2015-2018 (Ethiopia) ACRONYMS ABE Alternative Basic Education ALP Accelerated Learning Programme ARRA Administration for Refugee and Returnees Affairs ECCE Early Childhood Care and Education EiE Education in Emergencies GEQIP General Education Quality Improvement Programme GER Gross Enrollment Rate GES Global Education Strategy ICT Information and Communication Technology INEE Interagency Network on Education in Emergencies IP Implementing Partners MOE Ministry of Education NER Net Enrollment Rate REB Regional