Sindh Education Non-State Actors programme (SENSA)
- P Project/Program
I Inactive
Key Information
SENSA has supported over 52,800 of Sindh’s poorest children (particularly girls, who constituted approximately 66% of enrolment) to access primary level education in rural, remote and deprived areas under-served by the government and other non-state education providers. 50,708 of these children successfully completed primary education. SENSA worked in 20 districts of Sindh province, where there are the greatest numbers of out of school children, in communities who would otherwise be marginalised by factors including gender, disability, poverty, nationality and religious minority status. SENSA was a unique contribution to the overall BHC Islamabad portfolio, being one of the few programmes to operate in Sindh. Unlike other programmes in the education portfolio, which work within Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, SENSA focused solely on service delivery rather than broader education system strengthening objectives as a result of the increased challenges to working in this environment.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
South Asia
Pakistan
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2016 - 2021
Partner(s)
- Oxford Policy Management
Health And Nutrition Development Society (HANDS), Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF), Sindh Education Foundation (SEF)
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownCOVID-19 Response
AdaptedGeographic Scope
Sub-nationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
Other
- Remote Learning
Quality
- School facilities
- School quality
- Teacher training
Cross-cutting areas
- COVID-19 Response
- Gender equality
- Other cultural practices
Program participants
Other populations reached
- Fathers
- Mothers
- Other caregivers
Participants include
- People with disabilities
Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
- Improving transportation
Curriculum/learning
- Remedial education/skills
Food/nutrition
- School feeding
Policy/legal environment
- Public-private partnerships
Reducing economic barriers
- Addressing cost of school supplies
- Scholarships/stipends for school fees
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased grade attainment
- Increased primary school completion
- Increased progression to secondary school
- Increased school enrolment (general)
- Reduced absenteeism
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- Improved critical consciousness
- Improved health - other
- Improved nutrition
- Increased knowledge of rights
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms