Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP), Pakistan

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

This program aims at increasing and sustaining student enrollment in schools in selected marginalized districts by developing school environments that are conducive to teaching and learning. It's major achievements were replacing, upgrading, and enlarging schools damaged or destroyed by 2010 floods; training construction companies in USAID regulations and standards; funding of new school construction by GoS; improving education policies and service delivery; enhancing GoS capacity for private sector engagement to improve education service delivery. The program also targeted gender equality and increased enrollment of girls in schools by: creating primary and secondary coed schools, including more women teachers; increasing women participation in school management committees; reducing the gap of secondary school opportunities for girls by upgrading primary schools to the secondary level; addressing the needs of girls and the disabled with gender-friendly infrastructure; awarding concession agreements to improve public school operations and enhance student achievements. 


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Pakistan

Location(s)

South Asia

Pakistan

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2019 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Government of Sindh (GoS)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Sub-national

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Quality

  • School facilities
  • School quality
  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Teachers - female, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • School administrators

Participants include

  • Other
  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of classrooms
  • Construction/improvement of schools

Teaching

  • Hiring more female teachers
  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • More equal power in relationships
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Lila Ram
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
lram@usaid.gov