Emergency Response in Education in Mustaba district in Hajjah governorate. According to HNO (2023), Hajjah Governorate is considered among the top 5 governorates with the highest displacement ratio where about 565,768 internally displaced people are residing in the different districts of Hajjah governorate. Mustaba district in Hajjah Governorate has been reported with zero % of coverage status in progress against target according to the Education cluster gap analysis announced in October, 2022. Furthermore, Mustaba district is classified as Catastrophic in term of education needs with a severity scale of 5 (out of 5).

In line with the Education cluster strategy and key activities of the YHF 3rd Reserve Allocation 2022, the proposed project aims to increase protective access to quality, safe and inclusive formal education prevented from risk of violence through providing education in emergency response to conflict-affected school-aged-population and displaced children in Mustaba district in Hajjah governorate with education services targeting 7 schools with rehabilitation, expansion of 10 new classrooms, expansion of gender-sensitive and disability-sensitive WASH facilities, as well as, provision of solar energy systems to the targeted schools.

The proposed activities will enhance enrollment of school-aged children safely through ensuring protection considerations throughout the implementation with special consideration to girls enrollment through activation and training of Father and Mother councils and conducting back-to-school campaigns in the targeted schools, in addition to, the provision of students kits for 6,000 school-aged children (34% girls), provision of incentives for 322 teachers and admin staff in all schools of Mustaba district to cover the current gap as outlined in the conduct needs assessment.

Implementation plan in summary: After receiving the project approval, BFD will initiate an introductory session with the key stakeholders, SCMCHA and MoE at central, governorate and district levels to emphasize on coordination and facilitation of extraction of sub-agreements. Technical assessment will be done during the first 3 months followed by tendering announcement, Identification of suitable contractors and analysis of bids to award contracts of new classroom and WASH facilities construction and rehabilitation works, including the provision of solar energy systems.During the school year break (April to July), construction and rehabilitation works will commence in the targeted schools. Community mobilization for back-to-school campaign will start weeks before the start of the school year during July and August Also during the same period, the provision of 295 new desks, cleaning materials, recreational kits and trainings of FMCs is planned to be undertaken. Distribution of 600 school supplies and 332 teachers’ kits to school-aged boys and girls and teachers will be conducted at the beginning of the school year/August. 332 Teachers across Mustaba district will receive attendance-based incentives for 3 months during the first semester (August to October)Monitoring and Evaluation of activities will be undertaken throughout the project period.