Endorse and support the Partnership for Inclusive Education
We will set up, fund and lead the new Inclusive Education Initiative (IEI). This new multi-donor partnership will pool expertise to support developing countries to realise the promise of truly inclusive schools, teaching and learning. It will support countries to collect data, integrate disability into education sector plans, build capacity to rollout reforms and train teachers. It will focus on real world outcomes to ensure all children complete school and learn.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
The new Inclusive Education Initiative will become operational in 2019 and operate a ‘test and refine’ phase to developing a functional model of support, initially in two developing countries. A more comprehensive work plan and implementation detail will also be agreed in 2019, linked to resource availability. Tangible results should be delivered before 2021
Additional resources and implementation
We commit to support countries through strengthened education programming including Ethiopia, Jordan, Rwanda, Pakistan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Jordan.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
Implementation plans will be tailored to each country. Examples include:
- In Ethiopia, we will transform and develop 687 Inclusive Education Resource Centres (IERCs) nationwide by 2022 to promote the inclusion of 24,000 children with disabilities.
- In Rwanda, we will train 12,000 teachers of English and Maths in inclusive education teaching methods, by 2021
- In Tanzania the extension of DFID’s Education Programme for Results (now 2014-2020) will support important reforms in primary and lower secondary schools, in order to improve learning outcomes for all children, particularly for girls and children with disabilities, by 2020
Additional resources and implementation
We will commit to a new ‘leave no girl behind’ (LNGB) funding window to the Girls Education Challenge (GEC) programme. GEC transforms girls’ life chances (over 1.4m so far) and the new funding window (LNGB) will award 15 projects and support 10,000 girls with disabilities.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
LNGB will:
- Provide access to better quality education, transition to further education and employment opportunities and livelihood transition funds; for example, in Malawi and Nepal.
- Ensure all LNGB projects use the Washington Group questions.
Implementation will start before the end of the year, 2018.