Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme (KESP) supports the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (GoKP) to deliver equitable access to better quality education across the whole province. Through sector budget support (SBS) and technical assistance (TA) KESP aims to support more children to stay in school for longer while learning more. There are 2.6m out-of-school children (OOSC; 67% are girls) province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in Pakistan. Half of KP’s population are illiterate (disproportionately women) and most drop-out prior to reaching middle and secondary levels. KP suffers from a lack of school spaces at all levels (disproportionately for girls and marginalised groups), and most existing schools are of poor teaching quality. The system does not effectively cater to children with disabilities (CWD): 56% have either dropped out or have never enrolled. Reforms to quality and access initiatives are required, including institutional reforms, private sector engagement, and data-driven decision-making. ASI manages technical assistance for DFID’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme (KESP1: 2012-2016; KESP2: 2016-2020; £35m tota[JM1] l). We provide high-quality policy and implementation support to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (GoKP) Elementary and Secondary Education Department (E&SED), complementing DFID’s Sector Budget Support (Up to £181.2 million (DFID) and £21.3 million (Australia)). We support nine provincial institutions at provincial and local levels to deliver ‘more children in school, staying longer, and learning more’. We are “thought partners”, to the E&SED in the KP development and implementation of the 2015-20 Education Sector Plan. Our support covers four policy groups to transform education service delivery in KP: - More effective teaching and learning; - More and better schools and facilities; - More equitable access to education; - Good governance and management of the education sector. Key achievements and impact: We have deployed innovative, first-time interventions and generated reliable data to support the GoKP in improving teaching quality, access to education, governance and financial management. To improve quality, we supported the merit-based recruitment of 42,500 teachers, enrolled 13,000 new teachers into induction training, and 28,000 teachers into a continuous professional development programme. We have supported improved access – especially for girls and marginalised groups – directly supporting the enrolment of 240,417 children (140,277 girls) through vouchers and community schools’ programmes. During 2017-18, we recorded a record 99% disbursement for the GSP to support girls’ access to public sector schooling (397,864 girls). We supported a student attendance increase from 71% in 2013-14 to 78% in 2017-18 (68% to 75% for girls) and teacher attendance from 81% to 90% in that period. i. Provide comprehensive, flexible and high quality technical support to the GoKP to deliver the ESP, the underpinning JRF and their priorities for transforming education service delivery in KP. ii. Improve and enhance capacity and transfer useful knowledge, skills and practices to E&SED to build their capacity and improve the quality of education services and delivery. iii. Support and influence policy change and work towards ensuring forms are institutionalized and therefore sustainable.