Quarterly Report First Quarter FY2017 – October 1St to December 31St, 2016
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EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROJECT Quarterly Report First Quarter FY2017 – October 1st to December 31st, 2016 Submission Date: January 16th, 2017 Agreement Number: 519-A-13-00001 Project Start and End Dates: January 2nd, 2013 to December 31st, 2018 COR: Timothy Curtin Submitted by: Jorge Arévalo Fundación para la Educación Integral Salvadoreña (FEDISAL) Avenida Manuel Gallardo, Calle el Boquerón |Santa Tecla, La Libertad Tel: 2523-9800 Email: [email protected] This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development El Salvador Mission (USAID/El Salvador). July 2008 1 1. PROJECT OVERVIEW Project Name Education for Children and Youth (ECY) Activity Start and End Dates: January 2nd, 2013 to December 31th, 201800001 Name of Prime Implementing Fundación para la Educación Integral Salvadoreña (FEDISAL) Partner: Agreement Number: 519-A-13-00001 Fundación Salvador del Mundo (FUSALMO), Fundación Pro- Name of Educación (FUNPRES), Asociación Institución Salesiana Subcontractors/Subawardees: (AIS), Asociación Agape de El Salvador (AGAPE) 28 high-violence municipalities: Chalchuapa, Nejapa, San Antonio del Monte, San Juan Opico, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Soyapango, Zaragoza, Apastepeque, Atiquizaya, Cojutepeque, Geographic Coverage Ilobasco, Panchimalco, Quezaltepeque, Rosario de Mora, San (municipalities) Pedro Perulapán, San Sebastián, San Vicente, Acajutla, Ahuachapán, Armenia, Chirilagua, Ciudad Delgado, Coatepeque, Colón, San Miguel, Santa Tecla, and Zacatecoluca Reporting Period: October to December 2016 (FY 2017) 1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AGAPE Agape Association of El Salvador AIS Salesian Association Institution AOP Annual Operating Plan AT Technical Assistance CARSI Central America Regional Security Initiative CDM Camp Dresser & McKee Incorporated COP Chief of Party DASI Deputy Administrator for Systems Integration DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DDE Departmental Directorate for Education DNGD National Directorate of Departmental Administration ECY Education for Children and Youth EDYTRA Education and Work Foundation ESMA Superior School for Teachers FEDISAL Foundation for Comprehensive Education of El Salvador FHI 360 Family Health International 360 FTIS Full Time Inclusive School FUNPRES Pro-Education Foundation of El Salvador FUSALMO Salvador Del Mundo Foundation ILO International Labor Organization IS FTIS Integrated System for Full Time Inclusive School GDA Global Development Alliance GIZ German Corporation for International Cooperation LPA Learn – Practice - Apply MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation MEU Monitoring and Evaluation Unit MOE Ministry of Education (El Salvador) MPHS Multiple Purpose Household Survey NUPAS Non-US –Pre-Award Survey OCA Organizational Capacity Assessment OSY Out-of-School Youth Partner Network FEDISAL, FUSALMO, AIS, EDYTRA, UDB, FUNPRES, AGAPE PfG Partnership for Growth PPCV Project for the Prevention of Crime and Violence PPP Private Public Partnership PPR Project Progress Report PTU Project Technical Unit SEN Special Educational Needs UDB Don Bosco University UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNS United Nations System USAID United States Agency for International Development 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PROJECT OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................... 1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................... 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................. 4 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 5 1.1 SNAPSHOT OF QUARTERLY PROGRESS ................................................................................. 6 2. ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ............................................................... 9 2.1 IMPLEMENTATION STATUS ................................................................................................... 9 2.2 IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES ........................................................................................ 14 3. INTEGRATION OF CROSSCUTTING ISSUES AND USAID FORWARD PRIORITIES ............................................................................................................................... 14 3.1 GENDER EQUALITY AND FEMALE EMPOWERMENT ............................................................ 14 3.2 LOCAL INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING ........................................................................... 15 3.3 IMPACT OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE (GDA) ....................................................................................................................................... 16 3.4. SUPPORT FOR DISABLED PEOPLE.......................................................................................... 16 4. UPCOMING EVENTS FOR NEXT QUARTER ............................................................ 17 5. COST SHARE AND LEVERAGE REPORT .................................................................. 17 ANNEX A: PROGRESS SUMMARY ...................................................................................... 19 ANNEX B: GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE SELECTED SCHOOLS ............... 23 ANNEX C: GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................ 25 ANNEX D: SUCCESS STORY ................................................................................................. 27 3 Project Description The Education for Children and Youth Project (herein “ECY”) is a bilateral agreement between the Government of El Salvador and the USA Government as part of the Partnership for Growth and the USAID Education Strategy. ECY is implemented by Fundación para la Educación Integral Salvadoreña1 (FEDISAL) as part of the USAID forward strategy. Programmatic focus ECY program seeks to reduce educational gaps in El Salvador through increasing educational opportunities to vulnerable/disadvantaged lower secondary students, and out of school youth aged 12- 24 years living in selected municipalities with high crime rates. ECY aims to help create safer communities by preparing youth for productive alternatives to criminal gang activity and addressing issues of inequitable access that may be a consequence of violence among youth (due to income, geographic location, exclusion of certain groups, among others). In particular, USAID’s ECY supports basic education to improve student transition to lower secondary education, support teacher development, expand the Full Time Inclusive School approach /Escuela de Tiempo Pleno (EITP), and prevent violence in public schools. ECY supports out-of-school youth by providing complementary learning activities designed to reintegrate youth back into a formal school setting. While the goal of the Program will be improving educational outcomes, reduction in conflict and violence and increased economic growth can be two positive externalities associated with keeping youth in school and getting out- of-school youth back into general education or vocational training. Coordination ECY supports and coordinates programs with the MOE in respond to the needs to improve the quality of education through the practice of inclusive, pertinent, and safe learning environments. Furthermore, this ECY complements USAID’s Crime and Violence Prevention Project (PPCV) as well as other activities implemented under the Central American Regional Security Initiative (CARSI). It also supports the Quinquennial Development Plan of the Government of El Salvador. Associated implementing partners ECY’s prime implementers is FEDISAL, which works closely with its partner network comprised of five organizations: Fundación Salvador del Mundo2 (FUSALMO), Asociación Institución Salesiana3 (AIS), Universidad Don Bosco4 (UDB), Fundación Pro-Educación de El Salvador5(FUNPRES), and an international partner. During the first three years of the Project, Family Health International 360 (FHI 360) supported the implementation and management of ECY in strengthening institutional capacities of the local USAID partners. FHI 360’s participation in ECY concluded in MONTH YEAR. In MONTH YEAR, FEDISAL and Agape Association of El Salvador (AGAPE) signed an agreement to support the implementation of the component of assistance to out-of-school youth. 1 Foundation for Comprehensive Education of El Salvador 2 Salvador del Mundo Foundation 3 Salesian Association Institution 4 Don Bosco University 5 Pro-Education Foundation of El Salvador 4 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Advocating the full-time inclusive approach Between October and December 2016, ECY focused on strengthening school management. ECY identified the role of school principals as the key element for the effective implementation of its all strategies. Indeed, school principals devote efforts and manage resources to develop coexistence and pedagogical activities. As a result, it is important that each principal is aware of the importance of all the processes generated by ECY. During this period, ECY trained 180 principals in school management. The main topics of the training sessions were inclusive education, Learn – Practice – Apply (LPA) methodologies6, and promotion of healthy and protective environments for students. Promoting safe learning environments As part of our support for the PESS-focused schools, ECY provided training in interpersonal relationships to 71 teachers