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Educa on Bulle n 33#

Educa on Bulle n is a monthly

progress document produced by

the Educa on Cluster. It is cov-

ering updates on monsoon 2012,

and educa on response in KP and

FATA

This publica on is joint effort of

all the educa on Cluster mem-

bers. We are thankful to the Gov-

ernment of Pakistan, UNICEF and

Save the Children for suppor ng

us in coordina ng the educa onal

response.

Monsoon 2012 updates :

· By repor ng period Educa on Cluster has reached 8,421 beneficiaries

including 3,494 girls and women through provision of TLCs, educa on

supplies and capacity building for teachers and SMC members.

· 54 schools are being used as IDP camps in Kahsmore (6), Jacobabad, (39)

and Shikarpur (9).

· Educa on Cluster coordina on is rolling out in district level in Sindh and

Punjab.

Complex Emergency in KP-FATA:

· By repor ng period 13,968 children including 6,318 girls are benefi$ng

from the educa on response both in and off camps in KP and FATA.

· Cluster members working in Jalozai camp (IRC, Muslim Aid, PDMA) is

conduc ng tent to tent assessment to iden fy exact number of children

living in Jalozai camp. Final report will be made available to cluster

members and other stakeholders.

this issue covers: · Monsoon 2012 Updates —p2

· Educa on Cluster Coordina-

on, Advocacy and Funding

Status —p3

· Educa on Cluster Response

for Displacement in

KP&FATA—p4

· Map, Mee ng Schedule &

Cluster Contact — p5

This edi on covers the response

between 06 October and 02 No-

vember 2012.

Highlights

Orienta on Session in TLC Supported by UNICEF in Jacobabad of Sindh © Ateeq Bashir

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Under Monsoon Humanitarian Opera onal Plan

(MHOP) 2012 , Educa on Cluster aims at suppor ng

quick resump on of protec ve teaching learning pro-

cesses of affected popula on by targe ng to reach

241,492 beneficiaries including 113,501 girls and wom-

en in 7 affected districts of Sindh, Balochistan and Pun-

jab through provision of TLCs, educa on supplies and

capacity building for teachers, SMC members and clus-

ter members.

By the repor ng period Educa on Cluster has

reached 8,421 beneficiaries including 3,494 girls

and women in Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab with

following ac vi es:

Temporary Learning Centre (TLC):

· A table below shows that Educa on Cluster part-

ners have set up 113 TLCs in Sindh (100), Balochi-

stan (8) and Punjab (5) benefi$ng 8,237 children

including 3,593 girls.

· UNICEF supports provision of 102 TLCs in Sindh

(94), Balochistan (8) accessed by 6,310 children

comprising 2,668 girls and 3,642 boys.

· Save the Children set up 11 TLCs in Sindh (6) and

Punjab (5) a%ended by 1,927 children including 925

girls.

· Cluster partners will scale up their response by

se$ng up more TLCs (480 TLCs by UNICEF in Sindh

and in Balochistan.

Monsoon 2012 Response in Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab

Teachers Training:

In total 92 teachers were trained including 29 female by

Cluster members in Sindh and Punjab. Save the children

trained 14 teachers in Jacobabad and UNICEF trained 78

TLC teachers (49 males, 29 females) in Sindh.

SMC/PTC Members Training:

Save the Children trained 92 SMC members (29 female)

in Jacobabad of Sindh and Rajanpur of Punjab.

Six interac ve puppet shows were organized in six TLC

loca ons for approximately 1,830 children and commu-

nity members in Kashmore and Jacobabad during Eid.

The shows were organized on 28 and 29 October 2012 in

Kashmore and Jacobabad districts respec vely by PFF

with the support of UNICEF.

Children and communi es were enthusias cally wel-

come the ac vi es providing them room to play and to

express themselves as per below picture.

Province Agency IP TLCs #Enrollment

Boys Girls Total

Sindh

UNICEF PFF 94 3,289 2,395 5,684

Save the Children 6 592 358 950

Balochi-

stan UNICEF BBSA 8 353 273 626

Punjab Save the Children 5 410 567 977

Grand total 113 4,644 3,593 8,237

Story from the Field:

“Eid Celebra on with Children in Flood Affected Areas"

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Global Educa on Cluster Mee ng

Pakistan Educa on Cluster par cipated in Global Edu-

ca on Cluster Mee ng from 23rd to 25th Oct 2012 in

Istanbul. The Chair of Sindh Educa on Cluster, Mr. Ghu-

lam Nabi, from Reform Support Unit, Educa on and

Literacy Department, Government of Sindh a%ended

the mee ng together with na onal Cluster Coordina-

tors from UNICEF and Save the Children. Mr Ghulam

Nabi presented and shared good prac ces of managing

coordina on responding to mul floods between 2010

and 2012.

The mee ng was also a forum to share and to exchange

good prac ces from country level, so as to enable Glob-

al Cluster to iden fy key priori es in suppor ng Cluster

in country level.

Educa on Cluster Coordina on in Pakistan

In Pakistan Cluster has been ac vated since Earthquake

2005 co-led by Save the Children and UNICEF. The co-

leadership is guided by an MoU. These are some high-

lights of coordina on:

· In federal level, Na onal Disaster Management Au-

thority (NDMA) assigns an official to chair na onal

coordina on mee ng due to devolvement of Minis-

try of Educa on. Meanwhile, Educa on Depart-

ment chairs Educa on Cluster mee ng in provincial

and district level.

· Currently, Pakistan Educa on Cluster is ac ve to

coordinate responses for flood 2012 in Sindh, Balo-

chistan and Punjab under the framework of 2012

MHOP and in KP/FATA for on-going displacement

due to civilian strife under 2012 HOP.

· For flood 2012, at the district level, coordina on of

educa on response is taking place with support of

cluster members/focal points present in affected

districts. Coordina on mee ng is chaired by Educa-

on Department and co-chaired by Cluster Focal

Point such as Save the Children for Jacobabad in

Sindh and, RajanPur in Punjab, ITA for Shikarpur,

PFF for Kashmore of Sindh.

Educa on Cluster Coordina on, Advocacy and Funding Status

Opera onal Guideline and Proposed Solu ons for

IDPs Living in Schools

Public buildings including schools have been always used

as shelter during mul floods that hit Pakistan between

2010 and 2012 with absence of framework/guideline. As

a result, teaching learning was disrupted due to lengthy

use of schools or IDPs were evicted from schools without

alterna ve solu on.

Hence a guideline is cri cal to ensure rights of IDPs dur-

ing their displacement and children and adolescents to

educa on will be respected when disaster occurs any

me.

Currently an Opera onal Guideline on Using School as

Shelter is being dra*ed by Shelter, Educa on and Protec-

on Clusters to assist Government to provide alterna ve

solu ons for IDPs and resump on of learning ac vi es of

affected popula on.

Funding Update

· Monsoon HOP 2012: Out of $ 7.1 million proposed, $

500,000 was received from CERF ($400,000) and bilateral

donor to respond to floods in Sindh, Balochistan and Pun-

jab.

· HOP KP/FATA 2012 : Unmet funding of $3.2 million from

$ 5.5 million proposed has been iden fied as of October

2012 to address immediate needs of camp and off camp

schooling.

· ERF Funding: Educa on Cluster Review Commi%ee has

recommended 7 projects amoun ng $828,000 for ERF

funding for floods 2012 and for KP/FATA.

Sindh Educa on Cluster Chair Presen ng in Global Educa on

Cluster Mee ng on 24 October 2012 in Istanbul

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The table below shows that 13,968 children comprising 7,650 boys and 6,318 girls are benefi$ng from the edu-ca on response both in and off camps in KP and FATA and 350 teachers (male: 175, female: 175) have been deployed and trained by cluster partners.

With the support of cluster members working in Jalozai

(IRC, Muslim aid, PDMA), educa on cluster have started

tent to tent assessment to iden fy exact number of chil-

dren living in Jalozai camp. Final assessment report will be

shared to cluster members and other stakeholders.

Educa on Response for IDPs in Camps

· Addi onal 4 schools are provided during repor ng

period. Currently 44 camp schools/non-formal educa-

on centers are func onal in Jalozai (UNICEF: 26, IRC:

7, Muslim Aid: 6 & FATA Edu. Dept.: 5), in Togh Sarai

(UNICEF: 2) and New Durrani (UNICEF: 1) IDP camps.

· Total enrolled children in these camp schools is 10,779

including 4,817 girls with increase of 644 children con-

sis ng of 63 boys and 581 girls from previous re-

por ng period.

Educa on Response for IDPs in Off Camps

· Save the Children has set up 22 new TLCs in Peshawar

valley for IDP children. Meanwhile from 16 exis ng

TLCs, eight will be closed due to project closure.

· As of repor ng period, 30 TLCs of Save the Children

are func onal in Peshawar with enrolment of 3,189

(boy: 1,688, girls: 1,501) and 61 teachers including 31

females.

Educa on Response in Return Areas

IRC is to implement a four year project in Mohmand and

Bajour agency of FATA providing 80 community based

schools in Hujras/rented houses for out of school children

or children whose house were damaged due to conflict .

UNICEF Early Recovery Ac vi es in FATA

· A total number of 132 schools were renovated in

FATA (Bajaur: 43, Mohmand: 29, FR Peshawar: 20,

SWA: 20, Orakzai Agency: 20).

· 526 Taleemi Islahi Jirga (TIJ) have been reac vated/

formed in FATA (Bajour: 170, Mohmand: 94, FR Pesh-

awar: 44, SWA: 65, Orakzai: 113, Kurram: 40).

· UNICEF is providing mobility support to 334 non local

female teachers in Mohmand and Bajour Peshawar.

Educa on Cluster Response for Displacement in KP & FATA

Suppor ng

Agency IPs

TLCs /

Schools Set

up

Beneficiaries

Boys Girls Total

Camp Schooling in Jalozai, Nowshera, KP

UNICEF IRC 12 2,446 2,444 4,890

UNICEF

IRC/

Muslim

Aid

11 337 341 678

SV IRC 7 1,396 719 2,115

UMCOR Mus-

lim Aid 6 621 397 1,018

FATA Edu Dept. 5 239 277 516

Total 41 5,039 4,178 9,217

Camp Schooling in Togh Sarai, KP

UNICEF DEO 2 400 350 750

Camp Schooling in New Durrani, FATA

UNICEF AEO 1 523 289 812

Off Camp Response in Peshawar, KP

Save the Children 30 1,688 1,501 3,189

· UNICEF is also suppor ng 25 Accelerated Learning Pro-

gram (ALPs) in Bajaur agency (13 centers) and

Mohmand agency (12 centers).

· Total 88 Alternate Learning Spaces were set up in

Orakzai agency (15), SWA (16) and Bajaur agency (57).

· In total, children and teachers in 710 schools have ben-

efi%ed from educa onal supplies by UNICEF.

Mee ng of Taleemi Islahi Jirga (TIJ)

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Cluster Contacts

· Amson Simbolon—Cluster Coordinator, asimbolon@unicef.org +92 345 500 6561

· Erum Burki—Cluster Coordinator, Erum.Burki@savethechildren.org +92 3458540768

· Ehsan Ullah—Informa on Management Officer, eullah@unicef.org +92 333 984 3531

· Asma Ansari–Program Assistant, aansari@unicef.org +92 51 2097893

Social Media of the Educa on Cluster

· For Monsoon 2012 : h%p://pakresponse.info/MonsoonUpdates2012/Clusters/Educa on.aspx

· For KP&FATA Response : h%p://complex.pakresponse.info/Clusters/Educa on.aspx

· Follow us on Facebook: h%p://www.facebook.com/pages/Educa onCluster-akistan/150595604991972

Province/ Schedule (date and me) Mee ng Venue Cluster Contact Person

Islamabad Tuesday 13th Novem-

ber ,2012 at 10:30– TBC (to be confirmed)

Ms. Asma Ansari— Program Assistant of Educa on

Cluster , Email: aansari@unicef.org

Balochistan Thursday 8th November, UNICEF Office, 22A Chaman Ms. Samina Sadiq, Focal Point Education Cluster

KP/FATA

Thursday 29th November,

2012

Time to be confirmed

TBC

Mr. Muhammad Farhad— Education Cluster IMO

Email: mfarhad@unicef.org, Contact No: +92 0334

8502897

Sindh Thursday, 8th November,

2012 at 14:00—15:30hrs

Reform Support Unit, Educa-

on . & Literacy Dep%. Govt.

Mr. Ateeq Bshir,Educa on Cluster IMO

Email: abashir@unicef.org,Contact No: +92 345908212