Creating an Integrated Approach to Education that Strengthens HR and Governance Systems in Jordan and Yemen

• In Event: Education System Strengthening Through Increasing Affinity between Education Outcomes, Governance and Mindset

Proposal

This panel will focus on the linkages between strengthening the educational system and the development of human resources and governance systems drawing on examples and lessons learned from Yemen and Jordan.

In Yemen, the USAID Gateway to Education project is implementing an Institutional Capacity Assessment and a Teacher’s Profile and Human Resources Data Management for Schoolteachers and Managers to provide a comprehensive evidence-based approach in identifying and addressing gaps in the administrative, governance, personnel, and delivery of functional, safe and inclusive education. Some of the findings and recommendations from these systems are being fed back to review Yemen’s Transitional Education Plan and structured policy reforms such as educational planning at both the central and governorate levels for improved service delivery; teacher and school director management (teacher recruitment, deployment, motivation and retention) as well as automated teacher registry system; analysis of Teacher profile and capacity assessment to inform Continuous Professional Development Plan; and the establishment of technical and advisory committees and task teams that serve as accountability mechanisms for implementation, and review of tasks achieved to further strengthening the systems and practices.

While in Jordan, the government of Jordan has taken recent strides in public sector reform by establishing a Public Sector Modernization Committee which recommends merging of institutions to enhance efficiency and automating and re-engineering functions to improve service provision. The project employs a co-creation approach working collaboratively with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Youth in responding to those needs by enhancing HR, governance and institutional development systems and promoting communication and outreach.

In summation, this presentation will highlight how a holistic and evidence-based approach is employed in identifying and addressing gaps in the administrative, governance, personnel and delivery of inclusive education while looking at key lessons learned: all parts of a system are interdependent, an effective system needs a coherent aim, a key outcome of system strengthening is all parts interacting effectively, and good governance is the fuel that makes the system work sustainably.

Authors

• Ayo Oladini, Creative Associates International

• Haya Shubailat, Edvise ME