2-2. Education [ Achieving MDGs ]
Annual Progress Report 
2-2-0. Overall
| Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoJ(MOFA)/JICA | GOJ (MOFA)/JICA: Grants and technical assistance out of ¥44 billion on education (*) |
2-2-1. Basic Education-expansion of access and quality
| Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [1]Support construction and rehabilitation of school buildings and related infrastructure. | ● Provide learning opportunities for children | GoJ(MOFA)/JICA/EC | GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: Construct 1,000 primary and secondary schools （5,500 classrooms approx.） |
| EC:€ 359,5 million under 10th EDF | |||
| [1]Support construction and rehabilitation of school buildings and related infrastructure [2]Provide assistance to train and ratain primary and secondary school teachers and support the establishment and expansion of teacher training systems and organizations. |
● Support to Fast Track Initiative Catalytic Fund | EC/WBG/EFA-FTI Donors including EC |
WBG: Expansion of primary education opportunities through EFA FTI (*) |
| EC: Countribute € 22 million to the Catalytic Fund | |||
| ● Construct and rehabilitate school facilities and provide teacher training for child-friendly schools | UNICEF/Nelson Mandela Foundation/the Hamburg Society | Construct/rehabilitate school facilities and provide teacher training for at least 1,000 child-friendly schools | |
| ● Provide education for community transformation through design, construction and staff training for primary and/or junior secondary schools to transform the quality of life for border communities in countries links by conflict | UNICEF/UN Country Teams (UNCTs)/Plan International and others |
Initiative on “Learning Along Borders for Living Across Boundaries” | |
| ● Provide support to re- establish quality primary education re-establishment in post conflict in Liberia. | Plan Japan | Provide the increased access to quality for an initial of 3,000 children in 10 primary schools in 2008-2011 (US$ 1,201,399) | |
| [3]Promote capacity development of local education administration and community-based school management through “School for All” programme. | ● Expand school-based management of schools with community participation and extend programs to additional countries. Illustrative activities include measures to improve and disseminate tools for community management of schools, train school committees | GoJ(MOFA)/GoJ（MOF）/JICA/WBG | GoJ(MOFA/MOF)/JICA: (i) Expand “School for All” models for 10,000 schools |
| GOJ/JICA: Provide technical input necessary for WBG WBG: Organize a stock-taking conference |
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| [4]Promote knowledge/experience sharing within Africa and between Asia and Africa on such themes as culture and gender sensitive curricula, learning materials and training manuals. | ● Expand teacher training in math and science through SMASE (Strengthening of Mathematics and Science in Education) by extending program to additional countries and encouraging sharing of experiences | GoJ(MOFA)/JICA/WBG | GoJ (MOFA)/JICA: Enhancement of teaching ability of 100,000 teachers of Math & Science |
| GoJ/JICA: Technical support on teacher training WBG: Coordinate conference on Africa-Asia Exchange on Mathematics and Science Education (AAE/MSE) |
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| [5]Others | ● Increase financial and technical assistance support to the private education sector | WBG | IFC: Provide ＄50-100 million with partners |
| ● Expand access to quality primary education through school fee abolition policies and other measures to address household cost barriers to education | UNICEF/UNESCO-IIEP/UNDP/WBG/ADEA | UNICEF/UNESCO-IIEP/WBG: Contribute to efforts of school fee abolition policies and other measures | |
| ● Empower literacy programms and learners to contribute to peaceful and sustainable community delvelopment and for better management of education and health | UNESCO | Implement Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) in 22 countries | |
| ● Support countries to adopt basic education for a minimum period of 9-10 years with appropriate curriculum framework | Assist 11 countries in adopting basic education for a min. of 9-10 years through BEAP |
2-2-2. Post-basic education and higher education/research
| Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [1]Promote human resource development in support of productive sectors by expanding institutions for technical and vocational education and training. | ● Enhancement of post-basic education (higher education, technical and vocational education and training (TVET), human resource development for promotion of science and technology and industry. Encourage sharing of country experiences and expansion of programs | GoJ(MOFA)/JICA/WBG/EC | GOJ (MOFA)/JICA : Promote expanding experience of JICA project |
| WBG: Evaluate vocational training experience and updates regional analytical work on TVET and dissemination conference JICA: Technical support and information sharing from JICA |
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| EC: (1) Nyerere programme (€ 60 million), (2) ERASMUS MUNDUS programme(€ 30 million) | |||
| ● Provide innovative vocational education in selected fields for talented unemployed youth who missed out education due to conflict | UNICEF/UN Country Teams (UNCTs)/WFP/Plan International and others |
Initiative on “Talent Academies” | |
| ● Study visit on Vocational Training in Thailand | RTG（TICA） | RTG: for the year 2010, $10,000 | |
| [2]Strengthen partnership among universities, colleges and research institutes through joint researches and the exchange of researchers and students to expand research and knowledge accumulation in science and technology. | ● Strengthen partnership among universities, colleges and research institutions through joint researchers and the exchange of researchers and information/knowledge sharing | UNESCO/JICA/UNU/Hiroshima University | Africa-Asia University Dialogue for Basic Education Development Project |
| ● Dispatch the Japanese researchers to universities/research institutions in African countries and implement joint research with young local researchers in order to resolve the global issues facing African countries ● Based on the needs of developing countries, promotion of international joint research targeting global issues such as environment and energy, natural disaster prevention and infectious diseases control and envisaging future utilization of research outcomes |
GoJ(MOFA)/GoJ（MEXT）/JICA/JSPS | Dispatch the most suitable Japanese researchers to developing countries incl. Africa | |
| GoJ(MOFA)/GoJ（MEXT）/JICA/JST | Promote science and technology cooperation between Japan and developing countries incl. Africa | ||
| ● Education Cooperation | RTG（TICA）/Thai Universities | RTG: For the year 2010, $ 70,000 | |
| [3]Promote high-level inter-governmental dialogues to strengthen science and technology cooperation. | ● Hold policy dialogues, including a meeting of Japanese and African ministers in charge of science and technology, for promoting science and technology cooperation between Japan and Africa | GoJ（CAO） | Hold a Japan-Africa Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting and some forms of dialogue with African countries |
| [4]Others | ● Extend cooperation in the field of education by means of uni-lateral, bi-lateral and third party’s financial support | GoV (Ministry of Education) | (i) Receive 5 African students in university in the field of agriculture, (ii) Dispatch 3 educational experts to help write textbooks |
| ● Extend technical cooperation on education by providing scholarships in degree level to two potential African countries for 5 person each | RTG（TICA） | RTG: Tuition fee, accommodation, per diem, etc. ($150,000 for 5 years: for the year 2009, $ 30,000 and for the year 2010, ca. $ 45,000) Botswana Government: International travel costs |
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| ● Expand the number of Japanese government scholarship students from Africa | GoJ(MOFA)/GoJ（MEXT） | GoJ (MEXT/MOFA): Expand the quota of Japanese government scholarship, to accept more than 500 students from Africa in next 5 years |
2-2-3. Multi-sectoral approach
| Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [1]Establish child-friendly school environment through comprehensive packages of assistance including safe water and sanitation facilities with separate toilets for boys and girls, school feeding, or food for schooling (take-home ration) and first aid and referral services. | ● Provide School feeding or food for schooling to girls | WFP | Provide school meals to 23 million children in 45 African countries in cooperation with NGOs and national governments |
| ● Establish child-friendly school environments to secure safe, rights-based, quality education for children | UNICEF | Provide the operation and management of child-friendly schools | |
| [2]Enhance life-skill education, including on prevention of HIV/AIDS and improvement of hygiene behaviors. | ● Enhance life-skill education, including on prevention of HIV/AIDS and improvement of hygiene behaviors | UNESCO | Assist 30 countries participating in EDUAIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa in implementing activities on the comprehensive national responses development |
| ● Support activities to promote prevention of HIV/AIDS. ● Support community initiative to care People Living With HIV/AIDS. |
Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR JAPAN) | Support students and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) to promote prevention and care for PLWH | |
| ● Provide education to protect children from HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases | UNICEF | Prevent HIV infection among adolescents and young people |
2-2-4. Education management
| Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [1]Support the efforts to better manage education including the collection and analysis of education-related information/data to understand and meet educational needs. | ● Reduce gender and other disparities in relation to increased access, participation and completion of quality basic education, and conduct education-related data analysis | UNICEF | Lead The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) |
2-2-5. Others
| Yokohama Action Plan | Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners | Implementing Partners |
Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ● Enhance public-private partnership to effectively coordinate between ODA and private resources and foster private contribution to education | UNESCO/World Economic Forum (WEF) | Promote the Partnership for Education initiative |
●Concrete projects will be selected through consultations between Japan/Implementing Partners and African countries.
●MDB projects are to be decided.
●$ = US dollars
●Assistance measures written on a yellow ground are those embodied in 2008 (JFY) after TICAD IV.
●Assistance measures written on a pink ground are those embodied in 2009 (JFY) after TICAD IV.
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