1 Ministry of Education and Training TARGETED BUDGET SUPPORT (TBS) Hanoi – 26 June 2006

2 This presentation : Viet Nam context Recent Initial to achieve quality UPE International support FTI and Viet Nam

3 Government Commitments : 10 Year National Education Development Strategy ( ) Comprehensive and cost National Action Plan EFA ( ) 5 Year National Education Plan ( ) Increasing national budget for education from 14% in 2002 to 18,6% in 2006 and to 20% in 2008

4 Achievements Primary Net Enrolment Rate (92% in 2004) Primary completion rate (86% in 2004) Rapid expansion of pre-school, secondary and higher education Majority of young people have access to 5 years of primary and 4 years of lower secondary education Introduction of new curriculum

5 Key Challenges Including the disadvantaged groups (poor children, ethnic minorities, children with disabilities and others Overcoming the differences in learning outcomes Ensuring Viet Nam has a stronger foundation for social development and economic growth Improving quality for all Strengthening learning outcomes Strengthening management effectiveness to assure coherence of initiatives

6 Recent initiatives to achieve quality UPE New curriculum Full day schooling Five Year Plan for Education ( ) Regulation on minimum quality standards for all primary schools (FSQL) Targeted Budget Support (TBS) to address disadvantaged and promote quality – via Government’s National Targeted Programs (NTP)

7 International Support to EFA International support to develop Vietnam’s National EFA action plan from late International endorsement of National EFA action plan in September 2003 Many agencies supporting a wide range of project in all EFA sub-sectors/goals – mostly focused on primary education Issues of coherence between donor supported projects and Government programs/projects FTI Secretariat accepted Viet Nam October 2003

8 Targeted Budget Support for EFA (TBS) Implementation- FTI implication in Viet Nam TBS CONCEPTS New approach of ODA with the aim of faster and more effective using ODA funds to meet the targets of government in education development (SWAPs) Characteristics of TBS are : A way of channelling donor support through our own budget Using government routine procedures rather than special donor project procedures

9 TBS’s Objectives: Overall objectives: -Improving the access to basic education. -Improving the quality of basic education. - Improving the equity in education. - Using the resources more effectively.

10 FSQL as the base for develop TBS activities: Principals and deputy principals should have required qualification and be trained in school management Teachers should have Qualifications of at least 12+2: 100% meeting this standard by 2005 Physical infrastructure Class size not to exceed the regulation size (35) by more than 10 percent, i.e., no classes bigger than 38 Classrooms of solid construction Equipment and materials textbooks in mathematics and Vietnamese and minimum supply of notebooks and pencils

11 TBS and NTP connections NTP is the base for developing TBS TBS is the part contributed by international donors to NTP TBS does not develop new sub-programs under existing NTP TBS will support NTP to strengthen the existing mechanism

12 TBS and donors commitments Fast disbursement based on the results of activities Harmonization the procedures Using the existing NTP’s mechanism Ensuring the achievements of EFA objectives and goals

13 The components of TBS Component 1: Achievement of FSQL standards through TBS to the Education NTP (US$125 million, including IDA and bilateral sources). Component 2: Institutional Strengthening for NTP Administration and Implementation (US$5 million, parallel financed from bilateral sources but jointly managed by all TBS Partners).

14 TBS funds will be channelled directly through five of seven existing sub-components within the education sector NTP:  Sub-component 1: Illiteracy elimination, consolidation of Universal Primary Education and achievement of Universal Lower Secondary Education;  Sub-component 2: Renovation of the curriculum and textbooks/teaching methods;  Sub-component 4: Upgrading infrastructure of Teacher Training Institutions and teacher qualifications;  Sub -component 5: Support for the education of ethnic minorities and disadvantaged regions;  Sub-component 6: Infrastructure development

15 Monitoring and Assessment TBS activities Capacity building from central to grassroots level Improving the financial management(reporting, accounting, auditing) system from grassroots level Transparent financing Participating of the beneficiaries in the process of monitoring and assessment Developing performance indicators

16 Expected Outcomes of TBS Improve the quality of basic education Ensure the equity on access and quality of basic education Strengthen capacity in NTP management One step to achieve the Dakar Goals

17 Looking forward The alignment of Government’s and donor support to education sector and EFA activities The continuing commitment focuses on EFA goals and sub-sectors as ECCE, LSE, NFE

18 Thank you for your attention !