Ethiopia General Education Quality Improvement Program for Equity

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The development objective of General Education Quality Improvement Program for Equity Project is to assist the government of Ethiopia in improving internal efficiency, equitable access, and quality in general education. The Program (PforR) will focus on selected subprograms/activities in the first three of the government Program’s six priority programs, covering pre-primary, primary and secondary education (Grades 0-12). These are: capacity development for improved management; general education quality; and general education access, equity, and internal efficiency. Within the selected programs and cross-cutting issues, and with improved student learning as the core objective, the Program will focus on four main results areas, namely: (1) The first results area, Improved Internal Efficiency, will focus on addressing the chronic issue of over-enrollment in Grade 1 and promoting progression of children through the early grades for improved internal efficiency of the education system. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Quality Enhancement and Assurance Program for O-Class in Pre-primary Education; and (ii) School-based monitoring and incentives to track on-time enrollment of Grade 1 entrants and uninterrupted progression; (2) The second results area, Improved Equitable Access, focuses on promoting equitable access to general education in Ethiopia. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Improved gender equality in upper primary education; (ii) Increased participation in schooling in pastoralist woredas and emerging regions; and (iii) Inclusive education in primary and secondary schools. (3) The third results area, Improved Quality, focuses on the quality of general education, aiming to improve student learning outcomes in early grade reading (KPI 5) and in English and mathematics (KPI 6). It has the following subcomponents: (i) Improved teaching practice; and (ii) Improved learning environment in schools. (4) The fourth results area, System Strengthening for planning, policy formulation and reform, focuses on strengthening the key elements of the overall education system, specifically improved data collection and analysis, and teacher preparation, to enable its students to achieve higher levels of learning. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Improved data collection and analysis of school and student performance for evidence based decision making; and (ii) Improved system for teacher preparation