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 program

Years

2016 - 2021

Partner(s)

  • Oxford Policy Management

Health And Nutrition Development Society (HANDS), Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF), Sindh Education Foundation (SEF)

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

COVID-19 Response

Adapted

Geographic Scope

Sub-national

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas 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

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary

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