REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HIGHER STUDIES Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP 2017-2021) October 2017 Supported by: i Contents List of Figures .............................................................................................................. vi List of Tables ............................................................................................................... vii Foreword ..................................................................................................................... viii Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................... x List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................... xii Executive Summary ................................................................................................... xvi 1. Context of the Education Sector Strategy Development ........................................ 1 1.1 Purpose of the Somaliland Education Strategic Plan 2017-21 ................................ 1 1.2 Methodology of the ESSP ...................................................................................... 1 1.2.1 Methodology .................................................................................................. 2 1.2.2. Education Sector Analysis ............................................................................ 2 1.2.3 ESSP Development Process ......................................................................... 3 1.2.4 Organisation of the document ........................................................................ 3 1.3 Profile of the Education Sector ............................................................................... 4 1.4 Vision, Mission, and Goals of the Education Sector ............................................... 7 2. Policy Context ........................................................................................................... 9 2.1 Economic and Social Context ................................................................................. 9 2.2 Demographic and social welfare indicators .......................................................... 11 2.3 Overview of the Achievements and Key Challenges of the ESSP 2012-16 .......... 13 2.4 Risks and Hazards to Education .......................................................................... 15 2.5 Projected Trends on Key Indicators for Basic Education ...................................... 17 3. Key Policy Objectives of the ESSP 2017-2021 ...................................................... 20 3.1 Policy Objective (1): To increase and expand access to education ...................... 20 3.2 Policy Objective (2): To improve the quality of learning outcomes. ....................... 24 3.3 Policy Objective (3): To promote equity and inclusion for all students .................. 26 3.4 Policy Objective (4): To build institutional and human capacity at all levels of the education ministry to facilitate implementation of education reforms ............... 29 3.5 Policy Objective (5): To strengthen the system and review policies in all subsectors ............................................................................................................ 31 ii 3.6 Policy Objective (6): To increase funding for general education to support implementation of the Somaliland Education Sector Strategic Plan 2017- 2021 ..................................................................................................................... 33 3.7 Policy Objective (7): To monitor and evaluate the implementation of the ESSP .................................................................................................................... 35 4. Early Childhood Education (ECE) .......................................................................... 37 4.1 Situation Analysis ................................................................................................. 37 4.2 ECE Policy Context .............................................................................................. 38 4.3 Policy Objectives, Strategies, Targets and Activities ............................................ 39 4.3.1 Priority Objective 1.1: Expand and Increase Access and Equity in ECE ...... 39 4.3.2 Priority Objective 1.2: Improve the Quality and Relevance of ECE. ............. 40 4.3.3 Priority Objective 1.3: Improve Internal and External Efficiencies within ECE Subsector ............................................................................................ 40 4.4 Activity Matrix for ECE Subsector ......................................................................... 42 5. Primary Education ................................................................................................... 43 5.1 Situation Analysis ................................................................................................. 43 5.2 Policy Context ...................................................................................................... 51 5.3 Priority Objectives, Strategies Targets and Activities ............................................ 52 5.3.1 Priority Objective 2.1: Expand and Increase Access to and Equity in Primary Education ........................................................................................ 52 5.3.2 Priority Objective 2.2: Improve the Quality and Relevance of Primary Education ..................................................................................................... 53 5.3.3 Priority Objective 2.3: Improve Internal and External Efficiencies within the Primary School Subsector ...................................................................... 54 5.4 Activity Matrix for primary education subsector .................................................... 55 6. Secondary Education .............................................................................................. 58 6.1 Situation Analysis ................................................................................................. 58 6.2 Policy Context ...................................................................................................... 63 6.3 Priority Objectives, Strategies, Targets and Activities ........................................... 64 6.3.1 Priority Objective 3.1: Increase access and equity of secondary education ..................................................................................................... 64 6.3.2 Priority Objective 3.2: Improve the quality and relevance of Secondary Education ..................................................................................................... 64 iii 6.3.3 Priority Objective 3.3: Improve Internal and External Efficiency of the Secondary Subsector ................................................................................... 65 6.4 Activity Matrix for Secondary subsector ............................................................ 67 7. Non-Formal Education (NFE) .................................................................................. 70 7.1 Situation Analysis ................................................................................................. 70 7.2 Policy Context ...................................................................................................... 71 7.3 Priority Objectives, Strategies, Targets and Activities ........................................... 71 7.3.1 Priority Objective 4.1: Increase access and equity in NFE ........................... 71 7.3.2 Priority Objective 4.2: Improve the Quality and Relevance NFE ................... 72 7.3.3 Priority Objective 4.3: Improve Internal and External Efficiency of the NFE ............................................................................................................ 73 7.4 Activity Matrix for NFE Subsector ......................................................................... 74 8. Technical and Vocational Education and Training ............................................... 76 8.1 Situation Analysis ................................................................................................. 76 8.2 Policy Context ...................................................................................................... 78 8.3 Priority Objectives, Strategies, Targets and Activities ........................................... 78 8.3.1 Priority objective 5.1: To Improve and Promote of TVET access and equity ......................................................................................................... 78 8.3.2 Priority objective 5.2: To enhance quality and relevance of TVET trades and strengthen capacity of TVET/TVQA Staff. ................................. 79 8.3.3 Priority Objective 5.3: To increase internal and external efficiencies and harmonize assessment and employment procedures for TVET trainees. ..................................................................................................... 80 8.4 Activity Matrix for TVET Subsector ................................................................... 81 9. Higher Education ..................................................................................................... 84 9.1 Situation Analysis ................................................................................................. 84 9.2 Policy Context ...................................................................................................... 87 9.3 Priority Objectives, Strategies, Targets and