Presentation by Papua New Guinea (PNG)

Fast Track InitiativeCatalytic Fund Committee Meeting

Madrid, November 10, 2010

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Where is Papua New Guinea?

Location of PNG in World Map

Papua New Guinea

PNG: Brief Country ProfilePNG a country of diverse geography – rugged mountains, islands , atolls, rich highlands (1200 - 2800m).

Area: 463,000 sq km (288,000 sq mi)Population: 6,577,000 (2008)Capital city: Port Moresby (pop: 400,000 NCD)People: Melanesian, but some Polynesian & Micronesian, Language(s): Over 820 different languages; English, Pidgin & Hiri MotuReligion(s): A Christian state by constitution

Government: A parliamentary democracy. Executive power lies with the Prime Minister and the NEC - the Cabinet.Head of State: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the SecondGovernor-General: Grand Chief Sir Paulias MatanePrime Minister: Grand Chief Rt Hon Sir Michael Somare

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Country Context

Indicator Actual Values Targets

2007 2008 2009* 2010 2015

Educ. Expend. as % GDP 4.2 4.2 5.1 4.9 4.7

Educ. share of budget 12.7 12.7 17.7 17.3 25.5

Basic ed. share of ed. budget 67.0 71.1 71.0 72.7 71.0

Gross Intake Rate (%) 83.1 98.8 99.2 101.5 107.9

Net enrolment rate (%) 52.9 60.1 62.2 64.3 75.0

Gross enrolment rate (%) 71.3 77.9 80.1 83.6 92.4

Primary Completion Rate (%) 45.3 49.1 51.6 54.4 66.7

GPI 0.91 0.93 0.94 0.95 0.97

Student enrolment (‘000) 982.5 1138.4 1198.4 1280.0 1622.8

Pupil teacher ratio (Basic) 33.1 34.4 33.6 33.3 34.0

* 2009 figures are provisional and subject to validation 4

National Education Plan (NEP)

The NEP (2005 – 2014) was developed through a consultative process & covers all sub-sectors under DOE. NEP:articulates the vision, medium to long term targets and strategies for achieving a better future

provides the overall guiding policy framework

Details the major costing centres for education5

Specific primary educational outcomes in NEP:

Total 6 outcomes, but relevant to basic education are two:

• Every 6-year old child enters the Elementary Preparatory Grade by 2012 and completes three years of basic relevant education.

• All children have the opportunity to complete a full, quality primary education of six years to Grade 8.

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Universal Basic Education Plan (UBE)• Launched in Oct. 2009• Operationalizes NEP objectives for basic

education sub-sector • Plan formally endorsed by DPs in May 2010• Addresses five critical areas:

a) access, b) retention, c) quality, d) equity e) management

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UBE Pillars: • Access - All children should enter school at a

specific age – they should enter elementary prep at the age of 6 years;

• Retention - All children should complete the elementary and primary cycles of education that constitute a basic education – this is nine years of basic education;

• Quality - All children should reach a required standard of literacy and numeracy at the end of these years of education.

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Reducing Parental Fees

• The major catalyst to increasing access and retention is reducing parental fees

• GoPNG eliminated fees for elementary level in 2010

• Fees will be replaced by increased school subsidies

• GoPNG spent K164 million in school subsides in 2010; funds were transferred to schools at the beginning of the school year (Feb. 2010)

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UBE Identifies Six Quality Interventions

1. Pre-service basic education teacher training

2. In-service teacher training for basic education teachers

3. Provision of education materials to all elementary and primary schools

4. Development and maintenance of libraries

5. Elementary and primary schools infrastructure

6. Minimum number of instructional time / hours

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Elementary and Primary Costs2011 2012 2013

Total Education 1,755.6 1,873.6 2,252.0Teacher Education 84.9 84.1 89.4 Education Materials 49.6 45.1 154.4 Infrastructure 216.0 261.2 310.3 Education Standards 29.8 32.0 34.4 School Grants 207.5 243.1 280.5 Mgt and Admin. 87.1 97.5 108.4 Personal emoluments 570.7 621.8 668.5 Total Elem & Pry 1,245.9 1,384.5 1,646.0 Total Elem, Pry & TE 1,277.6 1,415.9 1,677.4 % Elem and Pry 72.8 75.6 74.5% Basic Education* 73 76 74

11* Including teacher education

Financing Education in PNG contd… (millions)

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total Cost 1,728 1,756 1,874 2,252 2,388 2,770

GOPNG 933 1,061 1,156 1,244 1,351 1,486

Provinces 95 99 102 106 110 114

Parents 232 241 244 243 244 245

Donors 192 181 228 255 255 255

Total funding 1,453 1,581 1,731 1,848 1,961 2,100

Funding Gap 276 175 143 404 426 671Gap (USD) 102 65 53 149 158 249

Support from the Catalytic Fund• DoE & DPs decided to seek support from the

Catalytic Fund for an investment to improve quality.• Libraries/educational materials & quality

assessments identified as UBE priorities where external financing was needed.

• WB was nominated as supervising entity for the CF investment.

• Agreement was reached to support classroom libraries, related teacher training and early grade reading assessments with the aim of improving reading acquisition skills.

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READ PNG• Principal Objective:

to improve the reading skills of elementary and primary education students

• Secondary Objectives: a) build the policy, monitoring and evaluation

capacity of the Curr. Dev. & Assessment Division

b) procure & distribute books & reading support materials

c) undertake assessment of early grade reading together with provincial officials

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READ PNG Intervention Components

Component 1: Support for Improved Reading in Elementary and Primary Schools.

Has three elements: a) increasing the availability of books, other reading

materials and simple furniture in elementary and primary school classrooms throughout the country;

b) providing professional development to teachers for reading instruction

c) developing a school-based public reading campaign.

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Intervention Components contd…

Component 2: Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA). The objectives will be to:

a) produce baseline by province during the project period (2011-2013);

b) build local capacity to replicate EGRA at the central and provincial levels

c) analyze the implications of EGRA findings for quality improvements,

d) use EGRA findings to mobilizing parental & other support for reading

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READ PNG funding by Main Activity (US $million)

Project Cost By Component and/or Activity Total

Increasing the Availability of Learning Materials by Establishing Classroom Libraries

14.3

Promoting Reading through Professional Development,

1.7

Strengthening Early Grade Reading Assessment 2.6

Project Management and Monitoring 0.6

Total Project Costs 19.2

Total Financing Required 19.2

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DP support to UBE Plan

ACCESS

• Support to build classrooms, teacher houses and other school buildings across PNG (Aus)

RETENTION

• Provision of grants to schools, to accompany GoPNG school subsidies (Aus)

• Support to GoPNG to raise awareness of the UBE Plan (UNICEF, Aus)

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DP support to UBE Plan (2)

QUALITY• Support to pre-service and in-service teacher education

(Aus, NZ, UN)• Support to teacher colleges and provision of scholarships

for student teachers (Aus, NZ, EU)• Development, procurement and distribution of curriculum

materials, textbooks, school journals, and other books to schools (Aus, EU, NZ, JPN, UN)

• Provision of quality media and print materials for schools, including TV programs (JPN)

• Provision of classroom book boxes (NZ)

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THANK YOU!20