FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA MINISTRY OF …

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND

HIGHER EDUCATION Education Sector Strategic Plan

2018-2020

SUPPORTED BY:

November 2017

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Published by: Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education Federal Government of Somalia

Cover photo: Girls in the Kabasa Primary School in Dollow wait for classes to begin, 2017 Printing and Somali translation version supported by UNICEF ? 2017 Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MOECHE)

Contents

List of Figures .................................................................................................................................. vii

List of Tables .................................................................................................................................. viii

Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................i

Foreword ............................................................................................................................................ii

List of Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................ iii

Executive Summary...........................................................................................................................v

1. Chapter 1 ? Methodology of the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) .............................. 1 1.1 Purpose of the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) ......................................................... 1 1.2 Methodology ESSP ................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 ESSP Structure.......................................................................................................................3

2. Chapter 2 ? Context of the Education Sector ............................................................................ 5 2.1 Structure, Mission and Vision of the MOECHE ....................................................................... 5 2.2 Political, Geographic and Demographic Context ..................................................................... 7 2.3 Economic Development and Social Welfare..........................................................................11

3. Chapter 3 ? Resilience and Education in Emergency (EiE) .................................................... 16 3.1 Rationale and terminology, linking fragility and resilience to education services ................... 16 3.2 Situation Analysis..................................................................................................................17 3.3 Policy Context ....................................................................................................................... 34 3.4 Priority Policy Objectives, Strategies and Activities for Resilience/EiE subsector .................. 35 3.4.1 Priority Objective 1.1: Education services are sustained in emergency contexts ............. 35 3.4.1.1 Strategy 1.1.1: Strengthen enabling environment for EiE .................................... 36 3.4.1.2 Strategy 1.1.2: Strengthen government-led coordination mechanisms with relevant governmental and non-governmental organizations ............................... 36 3.4.1.3 Strategy 1.1.3: Strengthen personnel capacity and skills at a levels of education to manage and respond to EiE ............................................................ 36 3.4.2 Priority Objective 1.2: Strengthen resilience by overcoming educational inequities ......... 37 3.4.2.1 Strategy: 1.2.1: Support learners and groups at greatest risk levels .................... 37 3.4.3 Priority Objective 1.3: Implement Safe Schools Declaration to Protect Education from Attack......................................................................................................................37 3.4.3.1 Strategy: 1.3.1: Strengthen protection and safety mechanisms in/around educational facilities ............................................................................................ 37

4. Chapter 4 ? Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) ..................................................... 41 4.1 Situation Analysis..................................................................................................................41

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4.2 Policy Context ....................................................................................................................... 45

4.3 Priority Policy Objectives, Strategies and Activities for ECCE subsector ............................... 45 4.3.1 Priority Objective 2.1: Strengthen Organizational Capacity of MOECHE to manage and deliver ECCE services ............................................................................................. 45

4.3.1.1 Strategy 2.1.1: Develop institutional structures within the MOECHE to manage and regulate the ECCE subsector..........................................................46

4.3.1.2 Strategy 2.1.2: Establish collaboration mechanisms between Quranic schools and ECCE facilities (MOECHE and Ministry of Justice and Religious Affairs) ................................................................................................................. 46

4.3.1.3 Strategy 2.1.3: Establish a qualified cadre of ECCE teaching staff/ caregivers............................................................................................................ 46

4.3.2 Priority Objective 2.2: Increase access to early childhood education by improving and expanding infrastructure and availability of learning materials .................................. 47

4.3.2.1 Strategy 2.2.1: Establish accessible ECCE learning spaces through construction and rehabilitator activities ................................................................ 47

4.3.2.2 Strategy 2.2.2: Provide appropriate early learning materials for ECCE learners ............................................................................................................... 47

5. Chapter 5 ? Primary Education ................................................................................................ 50 5.1 Situation analysis .................................................................................................................. 50

5.2 Policy Context ....................................................................................................................... 66 5.3 Priority Policy Objectives, Strategies and Activities for Primary Subsector ............................ 67

5.3.1 Priority Objective 3.1: Expand equitable access to free primary education ...................... 67

5.3.1.1 Strategy 3.1.1: Strengthen regulatory mechanisms to generate domestic financing for education ........................................................................................ 67

5.3.1.2 Strategy 3.1.2: Advocate to increase national budget allocations to the education sector .................................................................................................. 68

5.3.1.3 Strategy 3.1.3: Develop pro-poor schemes to enroll children from disadvantaged groups ......................................................................................... 68

5.3.1.4 Strategy 3.1.4: Rehabilitate and construct school infrastructure to expand access for disadvantaged groups ........................................................................ 69

5.3.2 Priority Objective 3.2: Increase the quality of learning outcomes in primary education ........................................................................................................................ 69 5.3.2.1 Strategy 3.2.1: Improve teacher quality through in-service training and recruitment of qualified teaching force ................................................................. 69

5.3.2.2 Strategy 3.2.2 Provision of learning materials and strengthening early grade learning ............................................................................................................... 70

5.3.2.3 Strategy 3.2.3: Increase community participation in school-based management ....................................................................................................... 70

6. Chapter 6 ? Secondary Education............................................................................................74 6.1 Situation Analysis..................................................................................................................74

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6.2 Policy Context ....................................................................................................................... 89 6.3 Priority Policy Objectives, Strategies and Activities for Secondary Education Subsector.......90

6.3.1 Priority Objective 4.1: Expand equitable access to secondary schools............................90 6.3.1.1 Strategy 4.1.1: Strengthen regulatory mechanisms to generate domestic financing for secondary education ....................................................................... 91 6.3.1.2 Strategy 4.1.2: Expand and rehabilitate secondary school infrastructure ............. 91 6.3.1.3 Strategy 4.1.3: Develop pro-poor schemes to enroll learners in secondary education from disadvantaged groups ................................................................. 91

6.3.2 Priority Objective 4.2: Improve secondary education learning outcomes ......................... 92 6.3.2.1 Strategy 4.2.1: Increase the equitable distribution of secondary school teachers across geographic areas including increasing proportion of female teachers .............................................................................................................. 92 6.3.2.2 Strategy 4.2.2: Improve quality of teaching in secondary schools ........................ 93 6.3.2.3 Strategy 4.2.3: Develop and distribute learning materials based on national curriculum framework .......................................................................................... 93 6.3.2.4 Strategy 4.2.4: Strengthen Learning Assessment Systems ................................. 93

7 Chapter 7 ? Alternative Basic Education (ABE) ...................................................................... 97 7.1 Situation Analysis..................................................................................................................97 7.2 Policy Context ..................................................................................................................... 102 7.3 Priority Policy Objectives, Strategies and Activities for ABE Subsector ............................... 103 7.3.1 Priority Objective 5.1: Increase access to education for out-of-school adolescents and youth ...................................................................................................................... 103 7.3.1.1 Strategy 5.1.1: Remove financial and cultural barriers for ABE learners ............ 103 7.3.1.2 Strategy 5.1.2: Expand access to appropriate infrastructure .............................. 104 7.3.1.3 Strategy 5.1.3: Conduct communication and outreach activities to overcome demand side barriers......................................................................................... 104 7.3.2 Priority Objective 5.2: Strengthen quality of ABE teaching and learning ........................ 105 7.3.2.1 Strategy 5.2.1: Increase the number and proportion of qualified ABE teachers ............................................................................................................ 105 7.3.2.2 Strategy 5.2.2: Remove supply-side barriers by developing and distributing teaching aids and learning materials ................................................................. 106 7.3.3 Priority Objective 5.3: Improve efficiencies and subsector management ....................... 107 7.3.3.1 Strategy 5.3.1: Establish governance mechanisms to coordinate education activities ............................................................................................................ 107 7.3.3.2 Strategy 5.3.2: Strengthen monitoring and quality assurance systems of ABE learning facilities ........................................................................................ 107

8 Chapter 8 ? Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) ............................... 111 8.1 Situation Analysis................................................................................................................ 111 8.2 Policy context...................................................................................................................... 116

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