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Northern Education Initiative Plus PY4 Quarterly Report Second Quarter – January 1 to March 31, 2019 d Northern Education Initiative Plus PY4 Quarterly Report Second Quarter – January 1 to March 31, 2019 DISCLAIMER This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Creative Associates International. Submission Date: April 30, 2019 Contract Number: AID-620-C-15-00002 October 26, 2015 – October 25, 2020 COR: Olawale Samuel Submitted by: Nurudeen Lawal, Acting Chief of Party, Northern Education Initiative Plus 38 Mike Akhigbe Street, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria Email: [email protected] Northern Education Initiative Plus - PY4 Quarter 2 Report iii CONTENT 1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW ................................................................................................... 5 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................. 6 1.1 Program Description ...................................................................................... 8 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ 12 2.1 Implementation Status ................................................................................. 15 Intermediate Result 1. Government systems strengthened to increase the number of students enrolled in appropriate, relevant, approved educational options, especially girls and out-of-school children (OOSC) in target locations ............................................................................. 15 Sub IR 1.1 Increased number of educational options (formal, NFLC) meeting school quality and safety benchmarks: ............................................ 15 Sub IR 1.2 Strengthened systematic approach to school management and supervision: ............................................................................................. 18 Sub IR 1.3 Standardized NLFC model ensures education for vulnerable children and youth: ....................................................................... 20 Sub IR 1.5 Strengthen CSO capacity to mobilize PTAs, SBMCs, and communities around reading and access: ............ 22 Intermediate Result 2. Government systems strengthened to improve reading outcomes for primary grade learners in target locations ................... 30 Sub IR 2.1 State and LGEA policies, timetables, and standards for reading instruction and performance improved and implemented: ............... 30 Sub IR 2.2 State/LGEA systems for development, approval, and distribution of decodable readers, teacher guides, and supplemental materials for EGR instruction improved and implemented: .......................... 34 Sub IR 2.3 State and LGEA systems for in-service training to teachers in public and NFLC classrooms in the use of the evidence-based reading materials improved and implemented: .............................................. 37 iv Northern Education Initiative Plus - PY4 Quarter 2 Report Sub IR 2.4 LGEA systems for monitoring/coaching in-service teachers in EGR instruction improved and implemented: ............................. 40 Sub IR 2.5 State and LGEA systems for EGR assessment improved and implemented: ........................................................................................... 40 Sub IR 2.6 State and LGEA systems for extending evidence-based reading instruction to nontraditional, non-formal schools improved and implemented: ........................................................................................... 46 Sub IR 2.7 State and local government accountability to the public for reading instruction increased: ........................................................................ 47 3. PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION ........................................................... 51 3.1 PMP Update .................................................................................................. 54 4. INTEGRATION OF CROSSCUTTING ISSUES AND USAID FORWARD PRIORITIES ................................................................................................................... 79 4.1 Gender Equality and Female Empowerment ............................................... 79 4.2 Sustainability Mechanisms .......................................................................... 81 4.3 Local Capacity Development ...................................................................... 84 5. STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT ................................. 83 6. PROJECT OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT ................................................... 86 7. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER INCLUDING UPCOMING EVENTS ......................................................................................................................... 89 8. ANNEXES ................................................................................................................. 91 Annex A: Trainet ............................................................................................................ 91 Annex B: SAME Approval letter .................................................................................. 96 Annex C: Ebonyi letter requesting technical assistance ............................................... 100 Annex D: PY4 Q1 Financials ....................................................................................... 100 Annex E: Success Story ................................................................................................ 104 Annex E: The Initiative Campaign Messages ............................................................... 109 Northern Education Initiative Plus - PY4 Quarter 2 Report 5 1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW Program Name Northern Education Initiative Plus Activity Start Date and End October 26, 2015 – October 25, 2020 Date Name of Prime Creative Associates International Implementing Partner Contract Number AID-620-C-15-00002 Name of Subcontractors Education Development Center (EDC), Florida State University (FSU), Overseas Strategic Consulting (OSC) and Value Minds Major Counterpart FMOE, NERDC, NCCE, UBEC, NMEC, SMOE Organizations (Bauchi and Sokoto), SUBEB (Bauchi and Sokoto), SAME (Bauchi and Sokoto), LGEAs (Bauchi and Sokoto) Geographic Coverage Bauchi and Sokoto States Reporting Period January 1- March 31, 2019 6 Northern Education Initiative Plus - PY4 Quarter 2 Report ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AEO Area Education Officer AO Area Organizer BESDA Better Education Service Delivery for All BPT Budget Planning Tool CBMC Center Based Management Committee CC Community Coalition CEO Chief Executive Officer COE College of Education COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CPD Continuous Professional Development Creative Creative Associates International CRC Community Reading Centers CSACEFA Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All CSO Civil Society Organization DQA Data Quality Assurance EDC Education Development Center EGR Early Grade Reading EGRA Early Grade Reading Assessment ES Education Secretary FOI Fidelity of Implementation FMoE Federal Ministry of Education FOMWAN Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria FSU Florida State University GALA Group Administered Literacy Assessment HT Head Teacher ICA Institutional Capacity Assessment ICT Information and Communication Technology IP International Partner IR Intermediate Result LEMA Local Education Monitoring Assessment Northern Education Initiative Plus - PY4 Quarter 2 Report 7 LF Learning Facilitator LGA Local Government Affairs LGA Local Government Area LGEA Local Government Education Authority MBEP Ministry of Budget, Economy and Planning MDA Ministries, Departments and Agencies M&E Monitoring & Evaluation MEAR Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessments and Research MT Master Trainer MTSS Medium Term Sector Strategy NCCE National Commission for Colleges of Education NCE Nigeria Certificate in Education The Initiative Northern Education Initiative Plus NERDC Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council NFLC Non-Formal Learning Center NIPEP Nigeria Partnership for Education Project NMEC National Mass Education Commission NRF National Reading Framework OOSC Out of School Children OSC Overseas Strategic Consulting PQIE Professional Qualifying Integrated Examination PRS Planning Research and Statistics PTA Parent Teacher Association PY4 Project Year 4 QA Quality Assurance RAN Reading Association of Nigeria SAME State Agency for Mass Education SBMC School-Based Management Committees SMoBSE State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education SMoE State Ministry of Education SMS Short Message Service SRM Supplementary Reading Materials SSO School Support Officer STTA State Technical Team Assistance 8 Northern Education Initiative Plus - PY4 Quarter 2 Report SUBEB State Universal Basic Education Board TETFund Tertiary Education Trust Fund TLC Teacher Learning Circle TLM Teaching and Learning Material TMIS Teacher Management Information System TOT Trainer of Teachers TPD Teacher Professional Development TRCN Teacher Registration Council of Nigeria TSB Teachers Service Board TWG Technical Working Group UBEC Universal Basic Education Board UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund USAID U.S. Agency for International Development WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene WG Women Group Northern Education Initiative Plus - PY4 Quarter 2 Report 9 1.1 Program Description More than 30 percent of school-aged Commencing in October 2015 under children in Northern Nigeria do not funding support from the United States have access to basic education, while Agency for International Development the quality of public basic education (USAID),
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