Philippine local governments using local solutions to tackle literacy and numeracy through the Education Sector Mechanism

• In Event: Shifting power and practicing greater mutuality: Examples from several projects

Proposal

Launched under USAID funded Advancing Basic Education (ABC+) in the Philippines, the Education Sector Mechanism brings stakeholders (private sector, government units, teachers, school leadership, parents and community together at the local level to assess the education landscape using data and evidence. This process is led by local governments, but includes all stakeholders and aims to identify key issues and their underlying causes, agree on effective strategies to tackle these challenges, and translate the solutions into well-defined programs, projects, and activities. This process puts local leadership and ownership at the forefront of problem solving based on data, investment programming and results-based monitoring and evaluation.

The local governments of Victorias City and Tabaco City in the Philippines lead the way in utilizing ESM, bringing private sector, local government units, and community together to look at education issues. This presentation will discuss the ESM process based on their experience and the results they are seeing, highlighting locally led and locally funded solutions and commitments.

Authors

• Javi Benitez

• Krisel Lagman