Advancing Quality Alternative Learning Project (AQAL) in Islamic Republic of Pakistan Project Completion Report
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in Islamic Republic of Pakistan Project Completion Report in Islamic Republic of Pakistan Project (AQAL) Alternative Learning Project Advancing Quality Islamic Republic of Pakistan Advancing Quality Alternative Learning Project (AQAL) in Islamic Republic of Pakistan Project Completion Report March 2020 March Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Japan International Cooperation March 2020 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) HM JR 20-060 Islamic Republic of Pakistan Advancing Quality Alternative Learning Project (AQAL) in Islamic Republic of Pakistan Project Completion Report March 2020 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Pictures Review of teaching-learning materials Review of teaching-learning materials by subject specialists (ICT) by subject specialists. He/she was checking if SLOs in the curriculum were included in the teaching-learning materials. Group work during the third country visit Capacity building training for District Literacy (Indonesia) Officers (DLOs) (Balochistan) Launching Ceremony of the ALP curriculum (ICT) M/M sign ceremony (JICA Pakistan Office) 2 Non-Formal Basic Education School (Sindh)- Walk for Literacy for International Literacy Intervention school of Action Research Day (ICT) National NFE Forum (ICT) Appreciation ceremony for NFE teachers and community (ICT) Learning Achievement Test for Comparative Lecture about AQAL(LUMS: Lahore Research by NEAS (NFE school, ICT) university of management science, Lahore) 3 Non-Formal Basic Education School visit Group work of structuring words by alphabet by President of JICA (Sindh) cards Learnerof Non-Formal Basic Education Learners who started to go to Non-Formal School Basic Education School Teacher Training ALP programme for youth 4 Sawing course of Adult Literacy Programme Beautician course of Adult Literacy (Sindh) Programme (Sindh) Electrician Course of Adult Literacy Learners who attend assessment of job Programme (Sindh) training after completion of literacy and skill course ALP-Primary school of religious school Learners from Hazara (minority ethnic (Madrassa) group) -Attending ALP-Primary after (Punjab) completion of adult literacy (Balochistan) 5 Table of Contents Abbreviation/ Acronyms I. Basic Information of the Project ................................................................................................ 1 1. Country: Islamic Republic of Pakistan .................................................................................... 1 2. Title of the Project: Advancing Quality Alternative Learning (AQAL) ................................. 1 3. Duration of the Project: .......................................................................................................... 1 4. Background ............................................................................................................................. 1 5. Overall Goal and Project Purpose ......................................................................................... 1 6. Implementing Agency ............................................................................................................. 2 II. Results of the Project .................................................................................................................. 2 1. Results of the Project .............................................................................................................. 2 1-1 Input by the Japanese side ............................................................................................. 2 1-2 Input by the Pakistani side ............................................................................................. 6 1-3 Activities .......................................................................................................................... 6 Output 1: Platform for facilitating NFE is strengthened in the Target Areas ............................ 6 Output 2: Data driven management for NFE is institutionalized in the Target Areas ............. 27 Output 3: Delivery of Quality NFE is improved in the Target Areas ..................................... 33 2. Achievements of the Project ................................................................................................. 61 2-1 Outputs and indicators ....................................................................................................... 61 2-2 Project Purpose ................................................................................................................... 64 3. History of PDM modification ............................................................................................... 65 4. Others ..................................................................................................................................... 66 III. Results of Joint Review ......................................................................................................... 68 1. Results of Review based on DAC Evaluation Criteria ....................................................... 68 (1) Relevance: Very High ............................................................................................................ 68 (2) Effectiveness: Very High ....................................................................................................... 69 (3) Efficiency: High .................................................................................................................... 69 (4) Impact: Very High ................................................................................................................. 70 (5) Sustainability: High ............................................................................................................... 71 2. Key Factors Affecting Implementation and Outcomes ..................................................... 72 3. Evaluation on the results of the Project Risk Management .............................................. 72 Abbreviation/ Acronyms 4. Lessons Learnt ...................................................................................................................... 72 AE Accelerated Education IV. For the Achievement of Overall Goals after Project Completion ..................................... 73 AEPAM Academy of Education Planning and Management 1. Prospects to achieve Overall Goal ....................................................................................... 73 AIOU Allama Iqbal Open University AKU-IED Agha Khan University -Institute of Educational 2. Plan of Operation and Implementation Structure of the Pakistan side to achieve Development Overall Goal .................................................................................................................................. 74 AL Accelerated Learning ARC American Refugee Committee (Currently name is Alright) 3. Recommendations ................................................................................................................. 74 AQAL Advancing Quality Alternative Learning Project BAEC Balochistan Assessment Examination Commission 3-1 Recommendations for the Pakistan side ........................................................................... 74 BECS Basic Education Community Schools 3-2 Recommendations for the Japanese side .......................................................................... 75 BHU Basic Health Unit 4. Monitoring Plan from the end of the Project to Ex-post Evaluation .................................. 76 BISE Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education BRAC Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee ANNEX BRSP Balochistan Rural Support Programme Annex 1: PDM ................................................................................................................................ 77 BTTB Balochistan Textbook Board BOC Bureau of Curriculum and Extension Centre Annex 2: PO ................................................................................................................................... 79 CLC Community Learning Centre C/P Counterpart Annex 3: List of Activities ............................................................................................................. 82 CPD Continuous Professional Development Annex 4-1:List of NFE providers .............................................................................................. 324 DCAR Directorate of Curriculum, Assessment and Research DFID Department for International Development Annex 4-2 : Policies and related documents that legitimize NFE as a priority in the education DLNE-SELD Directorate of Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education - sector ............................................................................................................................................. 326 School Education and Literacy Department, Sindh DLNE- SWD Directorate of Literacy and Non-Formal Education -Social Annex 4-3: Decisions made based on the data of NFEMIS ......................................................... 327 Welfare, Special Education, Non-Formal, Literacy and Human Rights Department Annex 4-4 : Organizations that utilize NFEMIS .......................................................................... 328 EU European Union Annex 4-5: NFE providers that utilize NFE package ................................................................... 330 FDE Federal Directorate of Education GIZ The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Annex 5: List of Products.............................................................................................................