Northern Education Initiative Plus Quarterly Report Second Quarter – January 1 to March 31, 2018 DISCLAIMER This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Creative Associates International. Submission Date: March 31, 2018 Contract Number: AID-620-C-15-00002 October 26, 2015 – October 25, 2020 COR: Olawale Samuel Submitted by: James M. Statman, Chief of Party The Northern Education Initiative Plus 38 Mike Akhigbe Street, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria Email: [email protected] 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW ........................................................................................ 5 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................... 6 1.1 Program Description ..................................................................................... 8 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................... 10 2.1 Implementation Status .................................................................................... 11 Intermediate Result 1. Government systems strengthened to increase the number of students enrolled in appropriate, relevant, approved educational options, especially girls and out-of-school children (OOSC) in target locations ............. 12 Sub IR 1.1 Increased number of educational options (formal, NFLC) meeting school quality and safety benchmarks: ........................................................... 12 Sub IR 1.2 Strengthened systematic approach to school management and supervision: ..................................................................................................... 13 Sub IR 1.3 Standardized NLFC model ensures education for vulnerable children and youth: ......................................................................................... 14 Sub IR 1.4 Strengthen CSO capacity to mobilize PTAs, SBMCs, and communities around reading and access:........................................................ 14 Intermediate Result 2. Government systems strengthened to improve reading outcomes for primary grade learners in target locations .................................... 16 Sub IR 2.1 State and LGEA policies, timetables, and standards for reading instruction and performance improved and implemented: ............................. 16 Sub IR 2.3 State and LGEA systems for in-service training to teachers in public and NFLC classrooms in the use of the evidence-based reading materials improved and implemented: ............................................................ 20 Sub IR 2.4 LGEA systems for monitoring/coaching in-service teachers in EGR instruction improved and implemented: ................................................ 22 Sub IR 2.5 State and LGEA systems for EGR assessment improved and implemented: ................................................................................................... 23 Sub IR 2.6 State and LGEA systems for extending evidence-based reading instruction to nontraditional, non-formal schools improved and implemented: ......................................................................................................................... 26 Sub IR 2.7 State and local government accountability to the public for reading instruction increased: ...................................................................................... 27 2.2 Implementation Challenges ............................................................................ 28 3. PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION ............................................ 29 3.1 PMP Update ...................................................................................................... 30 4. INTEGRATION OF CROSSCUTTING ISSUES AND USAID FORWARD PRIORITIES ............................................................................................................... 38 3 4.1 Gender Equality and Female Empowerment ................................................. 38 4.2 Sustainability Mechanisms ............................................................................. 38 4.3 Local Capacity Development ......................................................................... 39 5. STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT ........................ 39 6. PROJECT OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT .............................................. 39 7. LESSONS LEARNED ............................................................................................ 41 8. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER INCLUDING UPCOMING EVENTS ..................................................................................................................... 41 9. QUARTERLY REPORT MATRIX ....................................................................... 43 10. ANNEXES ............................................................................................................ 70 Annex A: Memo from the Initiative to SUBEB ..................................................... 70 Annex B: Memo from the Initiative to BASAME .................................................. 72 Annex C: Request letter from BORNO SUBEB .................................................... 74 Annex D: Request letter from Oando Foundation .................................................. 76 Annex E: Trainet Report ......................................................................................... 78 Annex F: Financial Report ...................................................................................... 79 4 1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW Program Name Northern Education Initiative Plus Activity Start Date and End October 26, 2015 – October 25, 2020 Date Name of Prime Implementing Creative Associates International Partner Contract Number AID-620-C-15-00002 Name of Subcontractors Education Development Center (EDC), Florida State University (FSU), Overseas Strategic Consulting (OSC) and Value Minds Major Counterpart FMoE, NERDC, NCCE, UBEC, NMEC, SMoE (Bauchi and Organizations Sokoto), SUBEB (Bauchi and Sokoto), SAME (Bauchi and Sokoto), LGEAs (Bauchi and Sokoto) Geographic Coverage Bauchi and Sokoto State Reporting Period January 1–March 31, 2018 5 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AASI Adopt-A-School-Initiative AC Access Coordinator AEO Area Education Officer AC Area Coordinator AGLC Adolescent Girls Learning Center AMEL Activity, Monitoring and Evaluation Plan AO Area Organizer ASC Annual School Census ATAP Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement CBMC Center Based Management Committee CC Community Coalition CIES Comparative International Education Society CLC Cluster Learning Circle COE College of Education COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer’s Representative Creative Creative Associates International CSACEFA Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All CSO Civil Society Organization DFID Department for International Development DQA Data Quality Assurance ECR Education Crisis Response EDC Education Development Center EGR Early Grade Reading EGRA Early Grade Reading Assessment EMIS Education Management Information System EOI Expression of Interest ES Education Secretary FMoE Federal Ministry of Education FOMWAN Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria FSU Florida State University GALA Group Administered Literacy Assessment GPS Global Positioning System ICA Institutional Capacity Assessment ICT Information and Communication Technology IP International Partner IR Intermediate Result IRR Inter-Rater Reliability LEMA Local Education Monitoring Assessment LF Learning Facilitator LGA Local Government Affairs LGA Local Government Area LGEA Local Government Education Authority 6 MDA Ministries, Departments & Agencies M&E Monitoring & Evaluation MEAR Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessments and Research MF Mentor Facilitator MoU Memorandum of Understanding MT Master Trainer NCE Nigerian Certificate in Education NCCE National Commission for Colleges of Education The Initiative Northern Education Initiative Plus NERDC Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council NFLC Non-Formal Learning Center NIPEP Nigeria Partnership for Education Project NMEC National Mass Education Commission OOSC Out of School Children OSC Overseas Strategic Consulting PLC Professional Learning Communities PMEP Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Plan PRS Performance Reporting System PY2 Project Year 2 PY3 Project Year 3 RAN Reading Association of Nigeria RC Reading Coordinator SAME State Agency for Mass Education SBMC School-Based Management Committees SEA State Education Account SHoA State House of Assembly SMoBSE State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education SMoE State Ministry of Education SPS School Performance Scorecard SRM Supplementary Reading Material SSO School Support Officer ST Student Teacher STTA State Technical Team Assistance SUBEB State Universal Basic Education Board SWG State Working Group TEI Teacher Education Institution TLC Teacher Learning Circle TLM Teaching and Learning Material TOT Training of Trainers TWG Technical Working Group UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund USAID U.S. Agency for International Development WG Women Group YLC Youth Learning Center 7 1.1 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Commencing in October 2015 under funding support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the five-year Northern Education Initiative Plus (the Initiative) project is strengthening the ability of Bauchi and Sokoto states to provide greater access to basic education—especially for girls and out-of-school-children (OOSC) —and to significantly