Punjab Education Support Programme II

  • P Project/Program

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Key Information

This program increased enrollment and improved learning outcomes, including literacy and numeracy, for girls and the most marginalized in primary and secondary schools of Punjab Province in Pakistan. All government school children (6 million primary, 4 million secondary) and children attending school through the Punjab Education Foundation (around 2.2 million), including 50% girls, will have benefited from UK support in Punjab by March 2021.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

South Asia

Pakistan

Activity URL

https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/programme/GB-1-202697/summary

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2013 - 2024

Partner(s)

A.F. Ferguson & Co, Chartered Accountants, Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS), Lahore University of Management Sciences, State Bank of Pakistan, IMC Worldwide, Cardno Emerging Markets, Mott MacDonald Limited, DAI Europe, Adam Smith International, McKinsey & Company, and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

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

Attainment

  • Post-secondary
  • Primary completion
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion

Quality

  • School facilities
  • School quality
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Gender equality

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school)

Age

5 - 16

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

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

Other populations reached

  • Policymakers

Participants include

  • Orphans and vulnerable children
  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of schools

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Textbooks (unspecified)

Policy/legal environment

  • Public-private partnerships
  • System-wide review and reform

Reducing economic barriers

  • Scholarships/stipends for school fees

School-related gender-based violence

  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)

Teaching

  • Hiring more teachers (both men and women)

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Education sector plans, budgets, policies, and data systems are more gender-equitable
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased test scores
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

FCDO General Contact Info
U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk
+442070085000