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COALATION ACTIVITIES
The Coalition’s strategic activities are as follows:
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Monitor the educational budget of government
The Coalition conducts budget monitoring as a way to hold the
government accountable and transparent in use of funds meant
for education with special focus on the following priority pro
poor expenditures: Teaching and Learning Materials TLMS, Teacher
Training, Teacher Welfare, Inspection, Special Needs Education,
and cross cutting Issues of Gender and HIV/AIDS.
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Conduct research in educational issues
The Coalition carries out research with the objective to collect
adequate information for planning and advocacy. Key emphasis
is on issues of access, equity, quality and relevance on education
such as Key areas: enrolment of pupils, drop outs, absenteeism
(pupils/teachers), community work, HIV/AIDS impact, violence
against pupils, and teacher distribution etc
- Build the capacity of civil society organizations attached
to the Coalition for them to advocate on policy issues.
The key capacity building areas are Research, advocacy, policy
analysis, communication, project management, monitoring and evaluation
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To advocate on key educational issues.
The Coalition advocates for the achievement of Education for
All (EFA) goals as well as education millennium development
goals (MDGS). In this regard the Coalition advocates for expansion
of early childhood development (ECD), universal free and compulsory
primary education (UPE), life skills development for out of
school youth, increase in adult literacy, gender parity in primary
and secondary education as well as improvements in quality and
excellency in education. In its advocacy the Coalition engages
with policy makers such as Members of Parliament (MPs), officials
from Executive Government, donors and the media.
- To sensitize and mobilize civil society organizations (CSOs)
and communities on policy and educational content issues.
The objective of this activity is to enhance participation
of CSOs, and grassroots communities in policy formulation, implementation,
monitoring and review at all levels. The targeted people are members
of the Coalition, district assemblies and school governance structures
like school management committees (SMCs) and Parents Teacher Associations
(PTAs).
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