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2.3 Primary Education Access Quality and Efficiency
Objectives and Justification
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The program outcome will be to enhance access quality and efficiency through continuing to increase Government support for school operational costs, alongside the provision of primary instruction materials (PAP 8) and the expansion of child-friendly schooling.
Indicators and targets
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• Net admission ratio (NAR) increase from 81%. (2004-05) to 95% by 2010.
• Primary Net enrolment ratio (NER) increase from 91.9% (2004-05) to 96% by 2010
• Primary completion rate increase from 46.77% (2004-05) to 100% by 2010
• At least 70% of primary schools are child friendly schools by 2010
Strategy and Coverage
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The program will contribute to increased transparency and accountability of schools through introduction of the school performance monitoring and provincial and district performance report system, alongside strengthening the mechanism for coordinated inspection and support, and strengthening inclusive education program policies to ensure equitable access.
The program will also focus on providing equitable access to education for especially girls and for children that are disadvantaged for example by disability, by belonging to an ethnic minority or by living in disadvantaged areas such as border or remote areas.
Main Programmes and Activities
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• Nationwide provision of pro-poor school operating budgets, at increased levels based on annually agreed modifications to the block grant and per capita spending formula.
• Strengthen and expand the child friendly school program with improved school management, inclusive education and special education, multi grade teaching, bilingual education, revised curriculum and minimum learning standards, libraries and local life skills programs, such as prevention of HIV/AIDS and other health problems.
• Provision of MoEYS classroom based Life-skills for HIV/AIDS program, in cooperation with selected
NGOs1
• Strengthen/improve quality of primary education at border, remote and disadvantage areas through prioritising the provision of equipment, provision of higher teacher allowances and more frequent monitoring of schools in these areas.
• Revise the remedial class program to provide remedial support for weaker students throughout the school year, regularly assist in class and implement school readiness program to help the pupils in grade 1 who did not attend pre-school, strengthen teaching activities in assisting the student.
• Provide budget allocation to schools for instructional materials procurement to maintain a student/textbook ratio 1:1
• Strengthen monitoring through operational costs for provincial, district and cluster staff to support planning, management and monitoring activities.
• Improve data collection and report system of primary education from school to central and central to school level.
Program Management and Monitoring
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The HQ Department of Primary Education will manage the monitoring of the program. Regular progress monitoring will be the responsibility of district and provincial primary school inspectors and supervisors against agreed work plans and school development plans.
185 districts BMCs will manage program funds channelled to schools. Financial expenditure progress monitoring will be the responsibility of a designated staff member within each budget management centre. Each District BMC will be required to report monthly to the Provincial BMC on program technical activities and financial situation. Program allocations should be provided to cluster schools where appropriate for their assistance in monitoring and school support.
The BMC at the Provincial Education office will be responsible for broader progress and output monitoring of the program technical activities and financing, troubleshooting where needed, and ensuring timely reports are submitted monthly from district BMCs. The provincial BMC will report quarterly to the Primary Education Department BMC on both technical and financial issues for the PAP Primary Education.
Financing Plan
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Table 3: Primary Education Quality And Efficiency Financing Plan
| Activities |
Costs in Riels millions |
| 2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| 1. School Operational Budget |
24,500 |
25,500 |
27,000 |
28,000 |
28,000 |
| 2. Strengthen teaching and learning activities |
14,500 |
14,500 |
14,600 |
15,600 |
15,600 |
| 3. Strengthening Program Monitoring |
2,600 |
2,600 |
2,500 |
3,500 |
3,500 |
| Resources: Total |
41,600 |
42,600 |
44,100 |
47,100 |
47,100 |
Capacity development needs:
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• Support towards strengthening the capacity of central, provincial, district and cluster staff to improve planning, management and monitoring of activities and operational costs
• Support the establishment and strengthening of district coordination teams, which will be responsible for assisting cluster schools in performing the decentralized monitoring of school performance.
• Support for strengthening the inspection system at all levels, including strengthening the capacity of inspectors to conduct inspections, strengthening the reporting and feedback systems to allow schools and teachers to respond to the inspection reports, strengthening the information collation and analysis to support provincial and central assessments.
• Strengthen the capacity building for teaching and learning improvement at school level especially in remote, border and disadvantage areas.
• Strengthen the capacity building for collecting data, reporting and analyzing data at all levels.
• Strengthen the quality of school performance monitoring through increased community participation
1Supported through Inter-Departmental Committee on HIV/AIDS (ICHA)
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