Promoting Access to Quality, Protective and Inclusive Education to vulnerable learners, Out of School Children and Youths Aged (3-18) in Akobo County, South Sudan. The Integrated Education in Emergency Services to crisis affected girls and boys (3-18) in Akobo County in an effort to promote quality and access to safe and protective learning environments. The project will targets a total of 6 schools in Akobo, culminating into 2,580 total beneficiaries desegregated into 1320 Boys, 1080 Girls, 120 Men amp 60 Women through the response that aims at, among other things, rehabilitate and construct 6 Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS) and 6 gender segregated WASH facilities for in emergency affected schools after consulting with the beneficiary groups on the safety of the sites provide essential teaching learning and recreational supplies for emergency affected children, this will include facilitating psychosocial support activities, psychosocial first aid including through club activities in 6 schools conduct teacher training to 90 teachers (60M amp 30F) improve quality of learning and learning outcomes in the schools, this will include training of 90 Teachers on child safeguarding, psychosocial first and PSS establish/strengthen referral system in 6 schools/ Temporary learning centers as well as feedback mechanisms for quick and efficient referrals of children with protection needs and reporting this will include selection and training of 24 (12 Men amp 12 Women) CP focal points and linking these structures with existing community-based child protection committees, school management committees, provision of suggestion boxes in the targeted schools. The other protection aspect will include provision of focused and non-focused psychosocial support interventions and preventive messaging to2300 children (1250 Boys amp 1050 Girls) children and their caregivers as well as preventive messaging Case Management including identification, support and referral of 400 children with protection concerns for appropriate support. This will also include strengthening 1 Child Protection referral pathway at community level in the targeted locations Child protection outreach and awareness raising through Community Based Child Protection (CBCP) structures Capacity building of frontline actors and community -based structures on CP approaches and CPiE establish of child friendly feedback , reporting /complaint mechanisms to enhance accountability to children and their caregivers Conduct awareness raising activities targeting students, teachers and Parent Teachers Association ( PTA) to challenge cultural practices, behaviors and social norms that constitute GBV or increase risk of GBV (e.g. preferential treatment of boys child marriages gender-based exclusion from education, particularly for adolescent girl) capacity of 20 (12 Men amp 8 Women) members of 1 community-based protection teams/ networks on provision of psychosocial support and capacity of the 25 member (10 Men amp 15 Women) established community-based complaint mechanism committee on PSEA and PFA provision of individual and group psychosocial and counseling support including to survivors to remain in or return to school after receiving GBV response services, etc. The general focus of the project is to contribute to improved scholastic performance, improve attendance and enrollment, improve concentration, and/or reduce gender or geographical disparities besides ensuring that children are protected, safe and secure within and outside the learning environment while able to access gender 6 segregated WASH facilities. The project is also designed to ensure maximum impact is achieved through the proposed interventions. In light of the effects of COVID-19, the project will focus on COVID-19 prevention, mitigation of the impact on learning and well-being, and safe re-opening of schools. These activities have been developed in light of the need to address the challenges posed by the outbreak and the effects of COVID-19 to the HRP prioritized project locations. These activities will also be enhance d by the PSS and case management activities