Education Bulletin Issue # 23 EDUCATION CAN’T WAIT “Education is Life Saving and Life Sustaining” EDUCATION CAN’T WAIT “Education is Life Saving and Life Sustaining” HIGHLIGHTS Education Bulletin is a monthly progress document produced by the Education Early Recovery Working Group of the educational interventions in the 2010 The Education ERWG has reached 97 percent out of 1.3 million flood affected districts across Pakistan. It also covers target beneficiaries including 485,479 girls and women and updates on monsoon 2011 and education response in 809,509 boys and men to access safe learning environment across conflict affected areas of KP and FATA Pakistan. The Early Recovery 2010 Flood officially ended by 31st December 2011 as per NDMA decision. Final meeting of early This publication is joint effort of all the education recovery held in provinces chaired by PDMAs to review the ERWG members and we are thankful to UNICEF and progress and left over residual gap. Followings are highlights of Save the Children for supporting us in coordinating the achievement in severely and moderately affected districts the educational response. across the country. The Bulletin includes: • By the reporting period 22 severely damaged schools were Highlights provided with Transitional School Structures (TSS). In total 407 Updates on monsoon 2011 response severely damaged schools including 79 girls schools have been ERWG Beneficiaries Coverage under 2010 provided with TSS/TLS, some 48,645 children (18,353 girls) monsoon response children are studying in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and KP. Province wise Update Funding and Expenditure Status • More than 414,689 children (172,322 girls) were supported in some 5,000 TLCs established to ensure For any further information regarding Education continuation of education in post 2010 floods across Pakistan. ERWG response please contact us 2,974 schools including 964 girl’s schools have been Amson Simbolon-National ERWG Coordinator- • repaired to ensure access quality education to 428,832 children [email protected] +92345 500 6561 including 152,778 girls in KP, Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab. Erum Burki- National ERWG Coordinator- [email protected] +92300 • 298 cluster members (94 females) have been trained on 522 8038 INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Sindh, Punjab, KP and Balochistan. Ehsan Ullah- Information Management Officer- [email protected] +92333 984 3531 • Life skill of 15,154 PTCs/PTSMCs members including 4,459 Website: www.pakresponse.info females were enhanced through orientation sessions on their roles and responsibilities as part of school-based management. You can follow us on our Facebook page: By reporting period 16,119 teachers including 5,140 females http://www.facebook.com/pages/EducationCluster- have been trained by Education ERWG partners under capacity akistan/150595604991972 building activity across Pakistan. • The table below shows existing critical gaps needs to be addressed in order to support sustainable resumption of education in 2010 severely affected districts across Pakistan. Activities Needs Reached Planned Gap in Number Rehabilitation of School 5,691 2,894 392 2,405 Provision of TSS 1,586 401 117 1,068 Teachers Training 19,348 15,398 457 3,493 PTC Members Training 33,997 12,349 - 21,648 December 2011 EDUCATION CAN’T WAIT “Education is Life Saving and Life Sustaining” UPDATES ON MONSOON 2011 RESPONSE Overview PMDA Sindh has reviewed Education cluster projects for revised appeal 2011 on 29th Dec.2011 and will make final recommendations during the strategic review meeting to be held in Islamabad. Districts level coordination mechanism has been rolled out by education cluster in Mirpurkhas and Sangher. Save the Children will Co-chair the Education coordination meetings in Mirpurkhas with District Education Office and DevCon Co-chair in Sanghar respectively. RSU, Sindh has issued revised school damaged schools data after validation and prioritization, now 3,710 are reportedly damaged (fully : 1,342, partially : 2,368) in addition some 1,100 schools used as IDP shelter are also affected in Sindh Education ERWG Sindh has handed over data of school rehabilitated (1,087) and provided with TSS (267) under flood 2010 to RSU. December 2011 EDUCATION CAN’T WAIT “Education is Life Saving and Life Sustaining” Education response is continued in 10 flood affected district in Sindh through setting up of TLCs, provision of educational supplies in the TLCs and orientation of teachers through training sessions. CRITICAL NEEDS Provision of education to children through TLCs where schools are damaged and no longer safe for educational teaching and learning activities. Getting back affected children and teachers to school by supporting quick renovation of 2,790 partially damaged schools in Sindh (2,368) and Balochistan (422) is urgently needed. To provide transitional school structures for 1,451 totally/fully damaged schools in Sindh (1,342) and Balochistan (109). RESPONSE (as of 22 December 2011) In Sindh 2,107 TLCs (UNICEF 2.070 Save the Children 37) are functional, where 104,520 children including 46,958 girls are enrolled in 10 districts. Among them 38,353 number children and including 17,191 girls of is first timer attending the schools as per UNICEF report. Out of 2,107 about 990 of TLCs are in the area of return where 46,952 children including 21,141 girls are enrolled in these schools. Capacity of 3,200 TLC teachers including 972 females is enhanced by Cluster partners. Save the Children supported Training for School Council members in Mirpurkhas. Accumulatively Cluster has set up a total number of 2,117 TLCs (UNICEF 2070, Save the Children 35, and HANDS 10) that have been benefitting 112,176 beneficiaries including 44 % girls/females since the response was rolled out in September 2011 in Sindh. Out of total beneficiaries more than reached, 98 % are supported by UNICEF. Teaching and learning activities are continued in 40 TLCs established with UNICEF support in fully damaged schools, currently 5,700 children are enrolled in these TLCs in Jaffarabad. Some 21,000 children have been beneficiated from UNICEF supported schools supplies in 352 affected schools of Jalalabad and Kalat in Balochistan. This response in part of 2010 early recovery December 2011 EDUCATION CAN’T WAIT “Education is Life Saving and Life Sustaining” GAPS AND CONSTRAINT Education Cluster has reached only 29% percent out of 388,509 its target beneficiaries. GAPS AND CONSTRAINT By reporting period only 29% beneficiaries reached in Sindh out of the total target (national) of 388,509, Supports from all stakeholders are urgently needed to fill in the unmet needs in school rehabilitation, setting up TLCs and supplies in Sindh and Balochistan. EDUCATION ERWG BENEFICIARIES COVERAGE UNDER 2010 MONSOON RESPONSE Education Early Recovery responses for flood 2010 continues across Pakistan. A total number of 1294,988 beneficiaries have been reached as shown in the below graph. REACHED vs GAP December 2011 EDUCATION CAN’T WAIT “Education is Life Saving and Life Sustaining” PROVINCE WISE UPDATES ON EDUCATION ERWG ACTIVITIES BALOCHISTAN The Education early recovery working group, Balochistan memebrs supportd Early Recovery Education interventions throughsetting up TLCs, construction of TSS, School rehabilitation, teacher’s training, distribution of school supplies, strengthening coordination mechanism both at provincial and district UNICEF supported TSS under construction in Balochistan level and reactivation of PTSMCs. By the reporting period 139,046 children and adults including 38,814 girls/females have been reached. December 2011 EDUCATION CAN’T WAIT “Education is Life Saving and Life Sustaining” Temporary Learning Centers: Altogether some 51,984 children including 13,788 girls have benefitted from TLCs since the reponse was rolled.currently 104 TLCs are functioning in district Jafarabad & Naseerabad where some 11,673 children are studying. Transitional School Structures: TSS to 23 severaly damaged schools have been provided so far by UNICEF: (2), IDO( 15) and Taraqee Foundation(6), TF( 6) . Out of 22 TSS planned 6 TSSs are expected to be completed by end of this week and will be hand over to education department. Other 13 TSSs are expected to be completed and hand over to education department by 31st Dec 2011 and remaining 3 sites are expected to be completed in first week of January 2012. School Rehabilitation: In total 302 schools have been facilitated so far in terms of minor repair /rehabilitation in District Sibi, Jafarabad, Loralai, Jhal Magsi, Bolan and Barkhan supporting education continuation of 26,010 students (7,213 girls & 18,797 boys). Teachers Training : During the reporting period, 339 more teachers have been trained on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in district Jafarabad. Altogether 2,099 including female 528 teachers have been imparted with trainings by UNICEF(1,866), Save the Children(80), Taraqee Foundation(94), IDO( 59) and other ERWG memebrs The teachers have been trained on DRR, LSBE, Education in emergencies, School safety, Health & Hygiene, Psycho social support etc. Beside this training workshops on Inter- agency Network for Education in Emergency (INEE) minimum standards were also organized in Quetta (Provincial level) and district Jafarabad (district level) attended by teachers,provincial & district education officials and representaives of Education ERWG organizations. Some 23 female and 40 male have been trained on INEE minimum standards of r Education in Emergencies