Education Emergency Response in Afghanistan Additional Financing

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This is a short-term off-budget provision of support to the education sector implemented by UNICEF, with funds flowing outside of the ITA systems and with great coordination across donor platforms. This 18-month emergency project is essential to safeguard education achievements obtained over the past 20 years and to contribute to future nation-building efforts. The project design is built with the flexibility required to respond to an evolving sector context, implementation realities and challenges on the ground, data availability, findings of monitoring activities, and ongoing operational lessons learned and takes into consideration UNICEF’s existing capacity as the implementation agency for the project. This project has the following components: Component 1: Support Access to Learning OpportunitiesThe objective of this component is to maintain access to basic education for all children, with a special focus on out of school children and females students, through support to Community Based Education as well as other education programs in communities through provision of Block Grant. Component 2: Improving Learning ConditionsThis component aims to improve learning conditions at project-supported schools through provision of safe and inclusive learning spaces for all children by the gender-focused rehabilitation of school infrastructure, provision of High Performing Tent as well as Teaching Learning Materials. Eligible school infrastructure improvement will include WASH facilities (water points, sewage system, handwashing facilities, and gender-segregated toilets to encourage girls’ enrolment), and the construction of boundary walls to guard the perimeter of schools. This component will also provide High Performing Tents for schools without buildings and/or over-crowded schools as well as Teaching and Learning Materials for teachers and students. Component 3: Strengthening Monitoring and Ensuring AccountabilityThe aim of this component is to ensure continued access to general education services for target children.