Sindh DPC

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The Sindh Education Sector Development Policy Credit (SEDPC) is the first of a programmatic series of three development policy credits designed to support the Government of Sindh's Medium Term Education Sector Reform Program (SERP). The objectives of the program are to improve participation, retention and transition, reduce gender and regional disparities, and improve quality in elementary and secondary education (grades 1-10). There are 4 components to the project: 1) Improving fiscal sustainability and the effectiveness of public expenditures including in education, through fiscal reforms to enable increases in education and other pro-poor expenditures, to improve budgetary processes and the composition of expenditures; as well as financial management and procurement reforms to increase credibility, transparency and accountability in the use of public resources; 2) Improving education sector management through reforms to strengthen the functioning, capacity and accountability of provincial and district education management in line with devolution objectives, to provide incentives to district governments to improve service delivery, and to strengthen the role of school management committees in school development and monitoring; 3) Improving access to quality schooling, with a particular focus on rural areas and girls, through reforms to improve the quality and utilization of physical infrastructure in schools, to address implementation bottlenecks and improve the effectiveness of incentive programs (free textbooks and girls' stipends), and to launch partnerships with the non-government/private sector to increase access and quality; and 4) Improving the quality of teaching and learning, through instituting merit based recruitment and improved accountability of teachers, establishing a competency based system of teacher education and continuous professional development, and through strengthening the assessment of student achievement in the provincial education system.

FY17 - Education,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Government, Education