Punjab Education Sector Programme (PESP) II

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Key Information

The Punjab Education Sector Programme II (PESP II) aimed to support the Government of Punjab (GoPb) to reform and transform delivery of education in Punjab, providing equitable access to better quality education across the province. It supported a range of innovative interventions with the government, private sector and civil society organisations (CSOs), with specific focus on eleven low performing districts in South Punjab. PESP II was extended to run for a total of 9 years, and at £430 million is the UK’s largest bilateral education programme. Resultantly, it is a large and complex programme which has been adapted over its lifetime to respond to changing contexts and opportunities, with lessons learned informing adaptations to the activities and logframe. In 2022 the ministerial priority area became girls’ education. Some initiatives included: Advancing Action for Adolescent Girls (A3G) for out of school adolescent girls in three of the lowest performing districts of South Punjab; over 80,000 scholarships awarded to girls from low-income households for post-primary education

Lead Implementing Government(s)

Pakistan

Location(s)

South Asia

Pakistan

Activity URL

https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-COH-1110949-386393/summary

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2013 - 2022

Partner(s)

Adam Smith International, Mott MacDonald Limited, IMC Worldwide, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS), Cardno Emerging Markets, Idara e Taleem o Aagahi, Lahore University of Management Sciences

Ministry Affiliation

School Education Department (SED) Punjab, Special Education Department (SpED) Punjab, Government of Punjab

Funder(s)

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

Quality

  • School facilities
  • School quality

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Digital literacy
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Gender equality

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
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

  • School administrators

Participants include

  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Curriculum/learning

  • Remedial education/skills

Facilities construction/improvement

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

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Textbooks (unspecified)

Learning while working

  • Vocational training

Policy/legal environment

  • Public-private partnerships

Reducing economic barriers

  • Vouchers/grants

Teaching

  • Hiring more teachers (both men and women)
  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Gender parity and non-discrimination are promoted at all subjects/education levels
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being