Actions to Strengthen Performance for Inclusive and Responsive Education Program

The objective of the Actions to Strengthen Performance for Inclusive and Responsive Education Program for Results for Pakistan is to support the government to: (i) respond to school disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; (ii) recover access and improve education quality; and, (iii) enhance sector resilience through better coordination, with a focus on disadvantaged areas and vulnerable populations. The Results Areas of the Program are as follows: Results Area 1. Response, Recovery and Resilience: Enhanced targeting of COVID-19 education response. This Results Area will enhance targeting of the COVID-19 education response, with a focus on disadvantaged districts. Results Area 2. Improved learning opportunities for Out-Of-School Children (OOSC) and at-risk students. This Results Area will expand equitable access to education by engaging OOSC through both traditional and flexible multimodal education approaches to provide them a pathway towards education certification. Results Area 3. Stronger federal-provincial coordination and management, which means: (a) strengthen data systems; (b) support knowledge sharing; (c) support the digitization of government processes; (d) support better use of data; (e) support interventions to incentivize behavioral change by teachers, students, and parents. The three Results Areas include targeted actions to reduce gender gaps and mitigate the gender-based risks associated with school disruptions.