DFID 7151 Punjab Education Reform Roadmap

Descriptions

Actual CPV code is ‘75211200 Foreign Economic-Aid Related Services’. Objectives The primary objectives of this assistance are: To support the GoPb to improve access to and the quality of basic education in Pakistan through providing policy and implementation support to the Government in updating and delivering the Education Reform Roadmap under the GoPb 2018 goals approved in January. To engage with both senior politicians and civil servants in the GoPb to ensure commitment to education, To work collaboratively with the DFID Special Representative for Education in Pakistan. To directly contribute to key DFID education results for Punjab including increased enrolment, retention and improved learning outcomes. To address the eventual ‘irreversibility’ of the Roadmap process through: (a) building the capacity of Government agencies within the education system to deliver the key analytical and communication tasks needed to prepare for the Roadmap stocktakes; (b) building capacity of the permanent special monitoring unit in the Chief Minister’s office to communicate roadmap findings at every stocktake; and (c) addressing structural governance and institutional effectiveness through Roadmap targets and processes. To ensure complementarity with the PESP II supported TAMO which provides broader implementation support, especially at the district and sub-district level, on the priorities identified in the PESP II business case.