Republic of Guinea-Bissau Ministry of National Education, Culture, Science, Youth and Sports Three-year Plan for the Development of Education: 2011 - 2013 March 2010 CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................... 3 PREAMBLE .......................................................................................................................... 4 1. CONTEXT ......................................................................................................................... 6 1.1. HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT. ................................................................................................... 7 1.2. MACROECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC CONTEXT. .................................................................................. 8 1.3. THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. ........................................................................................................................ 9 2. DEVELOPMENTAL OBJECTIVES OF THE EDUCATION SECTOR................................ 9 2.1. EDUCATION AT THE HEART OF THE NATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY ............................... 9 2.2. A PROCESS WHICH AIMS AT ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION ....................................... 11 2.3. WORKING TOWARDS THE FTI INDICATIVE FRAMEWORK ................................................................... 16 2.4. Equity approach in Education in Guinea Bissau 2.5. A SECTORAL THREE-YEAR PLAN TO DEAL WITH MATTERS OF URGENCY, AND PREPARE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTOR POLICY .......................................................................................................... 20 3. MACROFINANCIAL FRAMEWORK FOR SECTORAL POLICY ....................................... 18 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN'S ACTIVITIES BY SECTION, INCLUDING STRATEGIES. ................................................................................................................ 23 SECTION 1....................................................................................................................................................... 23 PRESCHOOL .................................................................................................................................................... 23 SECTION 2....................................................................................................................................................... 24 PRIMARY EDUCATION ................................................................................................................................... 24 SECTION 3....................................................................................................................................................... 26 SECONDARY EDUCATION ................................................................................................................................ 26 SECTION 4....................................................................................................................................................... 27 TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING ................................................................................ 27 SECTION 5....................................................................................................................................................... 28 HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ...................................................................................... 28 SECTION 6....................................................................................................................................................... 29 LITERACY AND INFORMAL EDUCATION......................................................................................................... 29 SECTION 7....................................................................................................................................................... 30 MANAGEMENT AND DIRECTION .................................................................................................................... 30 SECTION 8....................................................................................................................................................... 31 CROSS-SECTIONAL ISSUES ............................................................................................................................. 31 5. METHODS OF EXECUTION ........................................................................................... 32 5.1 : BUILDINGS STRATEGY ........................................................................................................................... 32 5.2. STRATEGY FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLS ........................................................................... 33 5.3. STRATEGY FOR SETTING UP BASIC AND ONGOING TRAINING APPROPRIATE FOR TEACHERS AND THE SYSTEM ........................................................................................................................................................... 35 5.4. EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ............................................................................................ 36 5.5. STRATEGY FOR PROVIDING SCHOOLS WITH MANUALS AND TEXTBOOKS........................................... 37 6. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................. 38 6.1 IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES ................................................................................................................ 38 6.2 STEERING SYSTEMS FOR THE THREE-YEAR PLAN .................................................................................. 39 7. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE THREE-YEAR PLAN ................................ 42 7.1 MONITORING AND EVALUATION MECHANISMS .................................................................................... 43 7.2 MONITORING BENCHMARKS................................................................................................................... 44 7.3 MAJOR RISKS AND MITIGATING FACTORS ............................................................................................ 50 ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................... 51 ANNEX 1 : TYPB ...................................................................................................................................... 52 ANNEX 2 : LETTER OF SECTORAL POLICY ....................................................................................... 94 2 ANNEX 3 : FRAMEWORK NOTE .........................................................................................................107 Acronyms ABD: African Development Bank AGEOIPPE: Agency for Public Works and the Promotion of Employment APA: Annual Plan of Action CAB SE: Cabinet of the Secretary of State to the Ministry of National Education CAR: Central African Republic DAF: Directorate of Administrative and Financial Affairs DASCS: Directorate of Social Affairs and MNE School Canteens DEBS: Directorate for Primary and Secondary Education DGAENF: General Directorate for Literacy and Informal Education DGES: General Directorate for Higher Education DRH: Directorate for Human Resources EU: European Union FSE: Further Secondary Education FTI/CF: Fast Track Initiative/Catalytic Fund GDP: Gross Domestic Product GER: Gross Education Rate GIPASE: Office for Information, Planning and Evaluation of the Education System GSE: General Secondary Education ICT: Information and Communication Technologies IFTP: Institute for Technical Education and Vocational Training IGE: General Inspectorate of Education ILAP: Survey for Poverty Evaluation INDE: National Institute for the Development of Education JICA: Japanese International Cooperation Agency MEF: Ministry of Economics and Finances MEN: Ministry of National Education NGOs: Non-Governmental Organizations PE: Primary Education RPT: Ratio of Pupils per Teacher RESEN: State Report on the National Education System RGPH: General Census of Population and Housing SE : Secretary of State or Secondary Education TEVT: Technical Education and Vocational Training TFP : Technical and Financial Partner TFP-ES: Technical and Financial Partner in the Education Sector TTC: Teacher Training College TTS: Teacher Training School TYP: Three-Year Plan TYPB: Three-Year Plan with Budget UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund XOF: Franc of the West African Monetary Union or CFA franc 3 4 PREAMBLE Guinea-Bissau is committed to the policy of ‘Education For All’. Analyses carried out in 2008, following on from the RESEN, show that it should be possible for all children to receive a complete primary education of six years by 2020, and for the majority of them to continue their education beyond this to the next stage. Today, fewer than one child in two completes his primary education; the exercise of the right to education is constrained by significant inequalities between rural and urban children, rich and poor, girls and boys. The groundwork carried out in the RESEN and the simulation model have shown that universal education in Guinea-Bissau can be achieved only on the following assumptions: that education receives an increasing share of the national budget, a share that should reach 17% by the end of the period; that the Ministry of Education defines and manages rigorous implementation programs, which should follow one