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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT of SOMALIA MINISTRY of EDUCATION, CULTURE and HIGHER EDUCATION Education Sector Strategic Plan 2018-2020 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND HIGHER EDUCATION Education Sector Strategic Plan 2018-2020 November 2017 SUPPORTED BY: This publication is the sole property of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MOECHE) of the Federal Government of Somalia. This document cannot be replicated without the express permission of the MOECHE. Views and comments found in this document are the sole responsibility of the MOECHE. Published by: Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education Federal Government of Somalia Cover photo: Girls in the Kabasa Primary School in Dollow wait for classes to begin, 2017 Printing and Somali translation version supported by UNICEF © 2017 Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MOECHE) Contents List of Figures .................................................................................................................................. vii List of Tables .................................................................................................................................. viii Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................ i Foreword ............................................................................................................................................ ii List of Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................ iii Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... v 1. Chapter 1 – Methodology of the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) .............................. 1 1.1 Purpose of the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) ......................................................... 1 1.2 Methodology ESSP ................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 ESSP Structure ....................................................................................................................... 3 2. Chapter 2 – Context of the Education Sector ............................................................................ 5 2.1 Structure, Mission and Vision of the MOECHE ....................................................................... 5 2.2 Political, Geographic and Demographic Context ..................................................................... 7 2.3 Economic Development and Social Welfare .......................................................................... 11 3. Chapter 3 – Resilience and Education in Emergency (EiE) .................................................... 16 3.1 Rationale and terminology, linking fragility and resilience to education services ................... 16 3.2 Situation Analysis .................................................................................................................. 17 3.3 Policy Context ....................................................................................................................... 34 3.4 Priority Policy Objectives, Strategies and Activities for Resilience/EiE subsector .................. 35 3.4.1 Priority Objective 1.1: Education services are sustained in emergency contexts ............. 35 3.4.1.1 Strategy 1.1.1: Strengthen enabling environment for EiE .................................... 36 3.4.1.2 Strategy 1.1.2: Strengthen government-led coordination mechanisms with relevant governmental and non-governmental organizations ............................... 36 3.4.1.3 Strategy 1.1.3: Strengthen personnel capacity and skills at a levels of education to manage and respond to EiE ............................................................ 36 3.4.2 Priority Objective 1.2: Strengthen resilience by overcoming educational inequities ......... 37 3.4.2.1 Strategy: 1.2.1: Support learners and groups at greatest risk levels .................... 37 3.4.3 Priority Objective 1.3: Implement Safe Schools Declaration to Protect Education from Attack ...................................................................................................................... 37 3.4.3.1 Strategy: 1.3.1: Strengthen protection and safety mechanisms in/around educational facilities ............................................................................................ 37 4. Chapter 4 – Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) ..................................................... 41 4.1 Situation Analysis .................................................................................................................. 41 i 4.2 Policy Context ....................................................................................................................... 45 4.3 Priority Policy Objectives, Strategies and Activities for ECCE subsector ............................... 45 4.3.1 Priority Objective 2.1: Strengthen Organizational Capacity of MOECHE to manage and deliver ECCE services ............................................................................................. 45 4.3.1.1 Strategy 2.1.1: Develop institutional structures within the MOECHE to manage and regulate the ECCE subsector .......................................................... 46 4.3.1.2 Strategy 2.1.2: Establish collaboration mechanisms between Quranic schools and ECCE facilities (MOECHE and Ministry of Justice and Religious Affairs) ................................................................................................................. 46 4.3.1.3 Strategy 2.1.3: Establish a qualified cadre of ECCE teaching staff/ caregivers ............................................................................................................ 46 4.3.2 Priority Objective 2.2: Increase access to early childhood education by improving and expanding infrastructure and availability of learning materials .................................. 47 4.3.2.1 Strategy 2.2.1: Establish accessible ECCE learning spaces through construction and rehabilitator activities ................................................................ 47 4.3.2.2 Strategy 2.2.2: Provide appropriate early learning materials for ECCE learners ............................................................................................................... 47 5. Chapter 5 – Primary Education ................................................................................................ 50 5.1 Situation analysis .................................................................................................................. 50 5.2 Policy Context ....................................................................................................................... 66 5.3 Priority Policy Objectives, Strategies and Activities for Primary Subsector ............................ 67 5.3.1 Priority Objective 3.1: Expand equitable access to free primary education ...................... 67 5.3.1.1 Strategy 3.1.1: Strengthen regulatory mechanisms to generate domestic financing for education ........................................................................................ 67 5.3.1.2 Strategy 3.1.2: Advocate to increase national budget allocations to the education sector .................................................................................................. 68 5.3.1.3 Strategy 3.1.3: Develop pro-poor schemes to enroll children from disadvantaged groups ......................................................................................... 68 5.3.1.4 Strategy 3.1.4: Rehabilitate and construct school infrastructure to expand access for disadvantaged groups ........................................................................ 69 5.3.2 Priority Objective 3.2: Increase the quality of learning outcomes in primary education ........................................................................................................................ 69 5.3.2.1 Strategy 3.2.1: Improve teacher quality through in-service training and recruitment of qualified teaching force ................................................................. 69 5.3.2.2 Strategy 3.2.2 Provision of learning materials and strengthening early grade learning ............................................................................................................... 70 5.3.2.3 Strategy 3.2.3: Increase community participation in school-based management ....................................................................................................... 70 6. Chapter 6 – Secondary Education ............................................................................................ 74 6.1 Situation Analysis .................................................................................................................. 74 ii 6.2 Policy Context ....................................................................................................................... 89 6.3 Priority Policy Objectives, Strategies and Activities for Secondary Education Subsector ....... 90 6.3.1 Priority Objective 4.1: Expand equitable access to secondary schools ............................ 90 6.3.1.1 Strategy 4.1.1: Strengthen regulatory mechanisms to generate domestic financing for secondary education ....................................................................... 91 6.3.1.2 Strategy 4.1.2: Expand and rehabilitate secondary school infrastructure ............. 91 6.3.1.3 Strategy 4.1.3: Develop pro-poor schemes to enroll learners
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