The longer-term EFA monitoring process will give increased attention to the monitoring of the quality and effectiveness of education at all levels. The Quality Education Working Group recognizes that the medium-term EFA monitoring process focuses on access improvements, in part due to the time needed to clearly define minimum standards of learning outcomes, activities and inputs. Key features of the EFA quality monitoring process will include assessment of the following:

» Impact of teacher training and teacher deployment policies on student and teacher performance

» Effectiveness of learning environments at all levels including ECCD, primary, and lower secondary

» Effectiveness of capacity building activities at departmental and institutional levels, especially with respect to in-service and pre-service training

» Quality and effectiveness of poverty reduction programs

» Effectiveness of learning achievement within NFE initiatives serving out-of-school children and youth and adults with little or no functional literacy

» Effectiveness of gender equity initiatives in all basic education developmental programs as well as at institutional level

» Impact of expanding secondary education opportunities in under-served areas and for women on teacher supply/demand and deployment policies

» Impact of the existing medium-term teacher deployment incentives programs (e.g. remote teacher allowances) and how to link medium-term targeted interventions with longer-term systemic reform

» Impact of projected increases in instructional hours and sustainable instructional materials provision on quality improvement.

These specific monitoring processes will also be linked to ongoing monitoring of the impact of teacher and education managers salary reforms, especially the scope for expansion of performance based remuneration strategies and merit driven promotion and staff development initiatives. At the same time, the National EFA Commission will rigorously monitor the balance of wage and non-wage education budgets as part of broader quality improvement planning and monitoring.

As part of this expanded field level quality improvement planning, monitoring and technical support process, the EFA plan will incorporate expansion of a nationwide cluster level technical support network, alongside increased involvement of commune councils in ensuring that effective arrangements are in place for oversight of education service quality.

The EFA plan incorporates specific cost provision for the operations of general management, quality assurance and impact monitoring at both central and provincial levels. These costs are estimated in the relevant tables in Annexes 4 and 5. Program progress monitoring costs are incorporated in specific sub-sectoral budgets and capacity building programs.