Description and objectives

The PEP module contributes to the implementation of Niger's ten-year sector programme for the education sector (Programme Sectoriel de l'Education et de la Formation 2014-2024, PSEF) since 2013, as well as two technical cooperation measures promoting the construction of school classrooms (PEP and PICCT). Due to insufficient implementation during the first half of the PSEF period, a transition plan (Plan de transition du secteur de l'éducation et de la formation 2020-2022, PTSEF) was adopted to address the weaknesses of the Nigerien education system with a significant donor contribution. In line with the identified core problem, the project uses a multi-level approach to improve the conditions for adequate education planning in order to allocate and use existing resources in the education system efficiently. Since 2014, ECO Consult has been responsible for the implementation of PEP activities.

Our contribution

Output 1: Improved framework conditions for planning in the educational sector at all ministerial levels. 

• Establishment and monitoring of an inter-ministerial working group for the development of a manual of standards and a manual of procedures in the education sector.
• Establishment and monitoring of an intra-ministerial working group for the development of a strategic orientation with an implementation plan for the nationwide introduction of school district maps.

Output 2: Establishment of a team of school mapping experts at regional level. 

• Establishment and monitoring of the school map at the communal and regional levels.

Output 3: Improved competences of teachers and school administrators in cross-curricular teaching while taking into account the gender dimension. 

• Development and introduction of a training module on multigrade learning for teachers and school administrators