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Plan Rwanda CSP II 2013 - 2018. Right to Access Quality & Inclusive Education. RENCP GA June 2014 By: Paul Bagambe- EPM. CP Goal & Objectives. Goal:
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Plan Rwanda CSP II 2013 - 2018 Right to Access Quality & Inclusive Education RENCP GA June 2014 By: Paul Bagambe- EPM
CP Goal & Objectives Goal: • Girls and boys (7-19 years old) enjoy quality primary and secondary education in a girl and boy-friendly, inclusive school environment in Plan target communities Objectives: • To increase by 20 % the proportion of boys and girls from marginalized and most vulnerable groups who have equitable access to quality basic primary and secondary education in Plan’s zone of interventions within 5 years. • To contribute to the reduction by 3% the proportion of boys and girls out of school (4% at National average) in Plan’s zones of intervention in five years
Education Issues in Rwanda • Equal access to education • Quality of education • Education governance
Program Issues: • Poor access to education: • poverty of families as they are unable to meet the hidden costs related to attending ‘free’ basic education • children trekking long distances before reaching schools (on average 1 to 3 kilometers each way, with 10% walking over 5 kilometers in Gatsibo and Bugesera districts) • Gender considerations - girls often are not enrolled in or miss classes due to a heavy burden of domestic work, societal perceptions that girls do not need to complete education, gender-based violence, • insufficient sanitation facilities in schools and drop-outs as result of early and unwanted pregnancy Plan Rwanda. 2012. PPA2 Baseline Study.
Program Issues Cont’d 2. Poor quality of education: • Overcrowded classrooms which result to high primary teacher to student ratio at 1:63 when the national standard is 1:45 • Limited knowledge of MoI- English, Schools are not girl friendly: Rwandan schools are often characterized by poor access to adequate sanitation facilities, basic infrastructure (classrooms, playground and water points) and high levels of gender-based violence in and around schools. • Poor education on sexual and reproductive health and rights: low level of knowledge increases the risk of girls and boys being exposed to STIs, HIV and GBV. • Poor teacher motivation and worsening conditions of service
Program Issues Cont’d 3. Poor Education governance; • Of 119 Primary schools in (Gatsibo: 52 primary schools and Bugesera: 67 primary schools), less than 40% of the Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs)/Parent Teacher Committees (PTCs) are functioning and none of the 119 schools have developed a girl-child friendly School Improvement Plan as a planning tool. • Furthermore, the existing structures rarely provide opportunities for children’s active participation in decision making. While women are represented in PTCs in numbers, their participation is limited and decision making is often dominated by men. Functioning stands for : legalized with by-laws, regular meetings, fees paid by all members etc.
Plan’s Response to Education Needs This CP will seek to address the main violations of children’s right to education targeting three aspects: access, quality and governancethrough; • Promoting girl and boy friendly primary and secondary schools by supporting the implementation of School Improvement Plans (SIP) which is an integrated approach for improving; • teaching (teacher training and motivation, innovative approaches in teaching, learner centered methodologies, gender sensitive pedagogy); • the learning environment (including support to basic infrastructure, school nutrition and de-worming, addressing gender based violence, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, school hygiene and sanitation, girl friendly infrastructure, masculinities mentorship programs) for better quality.
Plan’s Response Cont’d • These will help with implementation of Plan’s Girl and Boy safe School Model, a holistic approach to ensure that school infrastructure, teaching and governance are responsive to the needs of boys and girls and promote gender transformation. • Supporting the capacity building of Civil Society Organizations and duty bearers to advocate for child friendly budgeting in education and good governance initiatives (functional PTCs, children’s clubs/forums, GBV response mechanisms). • Supporting inclusive education for children from the most vulnerable and marginalized groups by providing multi-year educational support (i.e. mentoring, remedial classes/girls empowerment camps) with a focus on girls (through support of the Because I Am A Girl campaign) while tackling the root causes of barriers to quality education for girls through gender transformative programming.
Plan’s response As a child rights organization, Plan is committed to facilitate those changes by building in children and communities the capacity to respect and exercise their human rights and responsibilities in education and through education. Ourbiggergoal: to reach as manychildren as possible, particularlythosewho are excludedormarginalised.
Relevance of CP to Gov’t Policy/ priorities • The CP as the whole CSP is guided by two government documents; • Vision 2020 and EDPRS 2. (ESSP 2013-2018) • Rwanda’s main strategic priority is to reduce the percentage of people living in poverty from 45% to under 30% by 2018.
Partnerships • MINEDUC • REB • Districts and Sectors (DEOs, SEOs) • Schools (School H/Ts, Teachers, PTCs, Parliaments) • FAWE, PAJER, RWAMREC, YWCA, IEE, Haguruka • Communities (Families, Children)
