Results

Policy changes

The overall goal of Education Out Loud is to empower civil society to be active and influential in shaping education policies to better meet the needs of communities, especially vulnerable and marginalised populations. As such, policy changes that improve the quality and inclusiveness of education systems are a key indicator of the programme's success. Grantees influence the policy changes by for example generating evidence to submit to the ministries, participating in working groups and meetings with government officials, and engaging media and the public to raise attention to the issues which affect communities. 

During the period July 2023-June 2024:  52 policy changes were influenced by EOL grantees in 34 countries.

Please click on each thematic below to see a list of the policy changes influenced by EOL grantees during this reporting period. 
 

Education sector policies and plans

Bolivia (2): 

  • Municipal Law "Presteño Cultural Identity Day" (N° 778). Jul/23
  • Municipal Youth Act. Municipality of Cotagaita (N° 174). Oct/23
     

Burkina Faso: 

  • PARTNERSHIP PACT - Ensuring access to education for all in a context of security and humanitarian crises. Jul/23    

Burundi:

  • Education Sector Plan 2022-2030. Mar/24

Cambodia:

  • Action Plan on Inclusive Education 2024-2028 (IEAP). May/24

Ghana:

  • GPE Compact.    Nov/23

Indonesia (2):

  • Ministry of Education Regulation No.46 of 2023 on Prevention and Handling of Violence in the School. Aug/23
  • Jakarta Governor Regulation No.15 Year 2024 on New Student Enrolment. May/24

Moldova:

  • Revision of Article 137 of the Education Code. May/24

Mongolia (2):

  • Laws on Education: a) General law on Education, b) Law on pre-school and general education.     Jul/23
  • National Curriculum Framework for Pre-School and School Education. Apr/24

Nepal:

  • Ratnanagar Municipality policy and programme 2023. Jul/23

Pakistan:    

  • Teaching License Policy, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Sindh. Jun/23

Rwanda:   

  • The Education Sector Working Group (ESWG) operational framework of 27 10 2023. Oct/23

Somaliland:

  • Implementation guideline for the Decentralization policy 2020. Aug/23

Timor Leste: 

  • "Resolution of National Parliament No 15/2024 – Date 29 May 2024. The Matters of Temporary Teachers of Pre-School To Secondary School Education in Timor-Leste". May/24
     
Education administration

Bangladesh: 

  • School Level Development Plan (SLIP) Guideline – Article 9.1; To enhance citizen participation in school budgeting processes. Dec/23

Cote d'Ivoire:

  • The Ministers' roadmap for 2024. Feb/24

Eswatini:

  • School Uniform Policy. Dec/23

Haiti:

  • Strategic-political change in the partnership pact document between the Ministry and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). Apr/24

Liberia:

  • An Operational Plan of the Education Sector Plan 2022/23-26/27 (ESP 2022 – 2027). Jun/24

Niger: 

  • National Education ministerial order for the reintroduction of the Certificat de Fin d'Etude du Premier degré (CFEPD). Dec/23

Rwanda: 

  • Implementation Guidelines for Student Promotion and Repetition.    Jun/24

Senegal (2):

  • Functionality of the framework for monitoring the agreements of 26 February 2022 between the teachers' unions and the government. Jul/23
  • Realignment of the distribution of State services between the Presidency of the Republic, the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of National Education. Apr/24
     
Education budgets

Burkina Faso:

  • Quality-sensitive budgeting in formal education. May/24

Cameroon:

  • Law N°2023 /019 of 19 December 2023 to enact the Finance Law of the Republic of Cameroon for the financial year 2024. Dec/23

Malawi (2): 

  • Education sector budget allocation policy. Dec/23
  • The Malawi Parliament approved the national education budget with a 35% nominal increase and 3% real increase from the 2023/24 revised budget allocation. This means that in 2023/24 the education budget was at MWK 615.8 billion and it moved to MWK 895 billion. Mar/24

Mozambique: 

  • Approval of the Mozambique Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill, 15 December 2023 (Law no. 1/2024, of 9 January, on the management of funds from natural gas), which supports the reinforcement of the budget allocation for the education sector, based on the occurrence of external shocks. Dec/24

Pakistan: 

  • Public Action and Social Accountability: Increasing District Education Budgets. Jun/24

Philippines: 

  • Budget gains on learning materials for learners with disabilities and on additional personnel for the child protection office of the Department of Education. Dec/23

South Sudan:

  • Education sector budget allocation policy. Nov/23

Uganda: 

  • The National Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2024/2025. May/24

Zambia: 

  • Education sector budget allocation policy. Oct/23
     
Female adolescents’ right to education

Ethiopia: 

  • National Early Childhood Development and Education ECDE) Policy Framework. 2023

Niger: 

  • Validation of the new strategic plan to end child marriage 2024-2028. Mar/24
     
Young men and women’s right to education

Senegal: 

  • Regularisation of pupils in exam classes without a civil status document. May/24
Education in emergencies

Pakistan: 

  • National Education Emergency. May/24

Yemen:  

  • Partnership Compact 2024 – 2028. Jun/24
     
Persons with disabilities

Cape Verde:

  • Inclusion of children and young people with special educational needs law. Feb/24

Kenya: 

  • Learners with Disability Bill. Oct/23

Malawi: 

  • The Persons with Disabilities Bill. Dec/23

Moldova: 

  • The inclusive education development program in the Republic of Moldova for the years 2024-2027. Dec/23
     
School infrastructure and IT

Ghana: 

  • Enhanced budgetary allocation to construct more school desks/furniture across project districts. Nov/23

Vanuatu: 

  • Vanuatu Primary School Infrastructure Guidelines (VPSIG). Nov/23
     
Other areas

Benin: 

  • Inclusion of out-of-school children in the Partnership Pact and the resulting PME4 government project. May/24

Egypt: 

  • The School Discipline Regulations Document. Sept/23

Haiti: 

  • Appointment of a gender focal point at the Haitian Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training. Nov/23

Nepal: 

  • Policy Related to Children of Bagmati Province (2024). Feb/24

Philippines (2): 

  • Resolution approved by the City Council to include division federation of supreme student government president as student representative and additional member of the Naga City school board. Sept/23
  • Memorandum signed by the School Division Office of Puerto Princesa formally authorizing and endorsing Multiply-Ed to capacitate School Governance Councils on Transparency, Participation, And Accountability. Oct/23
     


Social accountability mechanisms 

Social accountability mechanisms are multi-level monitoring systems, enabling CSOs to monitor education policy, budget implementation, and use the evidence to engage in policy dialogue. These mechanisms empower local communities, increasing their knowledge and capacity to hold duty bearers accountable to meet their educational needs. 

20 social accountability mechanisms were created or strengthened between July 2023 and June 2024. 

A full list of all social accountability mechanisms created or strengthened during this reporting period can be found here: 

  1. Multiply Ed, Philippines: Endorsement and strengthening of School Governance Councils 

  2. I-SAPS, Pakistan: Public Action and Social Accountability: Increasing District Education Budget and expanding of CSENs to provincial level

  3. DEDRAS, Benin: Workshop raising local data on validating the girls' education and well-being acceleration programme to the national level.

  4. HOPE, Liberia: Engaging policy makers and raising local data to national fora 

  5. IID, Bangladesh: Implementation of Social Accountability Action Plan on education financing 

  6. I-SAPS, Pakistan: Participatory budgeting sessions om 20 districts-

  7. Multiply Ed, Philippines: Enhanced collaboration of school division offices

  8. Multiply Ed, Philippines: School Governance Council trainings 

  9. Multiply Ed, Philippines: Institutionalisation of Multiply Eds mechanisms at the local level

  10. DEDRAS, Benin: Meeting of the monitoring committee extended to stakeholders

  1. DEDRAS, Benin: Scaling up the citizen education evaluation platform

  2. DEDRAS, Benin: Citizen evaluation: community consultations on service delivery

  3. School for Life, Ghana: Town Hall Meetings with local education stakeholders to discussion scorecards. 

  4. School for Life, Ghana: District Education Accountability Forums

  5. School for Life, Ghana: Interface with citizens and Parliamentarians

  6. CS-BAG, Uganda: establishment of Participatory Budget Clubs

  7. Haki Elimu, Tanzania: Establishing Community Information Volunteers

  8. Haki Elimu, Tanzania: Establishing district CSO coalitions

  9. HOPE, Liberia: Monitoring of National Policy on Girls’ Education strengthened

  10. CEMSE-ACLO, Bolivia: Trainings of local stakeholders, Educational Summits and Multistakeholder dialogues

 


 

Reports

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