THIRD PSS FORUM Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe 2 September 2015 PRESENTATION SADC CARE AND SUPPORT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING By Lomthandazo Mavimbela] [SADC Secretariat]

Presentation Outline  Introduction  Background  Barriers to positive education outcomes  Overview of CSTL

Background Vision of SADC A Community with common future, that will ensure economic wellbeing, improvement of the standards of living and quality of life, freedom and social justice and peace and security for the peoples of Southern Africa. Mission of the SADC To promote sustainable and equitable economic growth and socio-economic development through efficient productive systems, deeper co-operation and integration, good governance, and durable peace and security, so that the region emerges as a competitive and effective player in international relations and the world economy"

Background The Southern African Development Community established by the Treaty Protocols and Declarations related to SADC Care and Support for Teaching and Learning Protocol on Education and Training SADC Protocol on Health and SADC Declaration on HIV&AIDS SADC Protocol on Gender and Development Regional Strategic Plans Regional Strategic Indicative Development Plan (RISDP) which has been revised 2015 SADC HIV&AIDS Strategic Framework to be revised

Background cont Orphans and Vulnerable Children and Youth ( OVCY) Strategic and Business Plan to be revised SADC Minimum Package of services for OVCY SADC Sexual Reproductive Health Strategic Plan SADC Youth Development and Empowerment Strategic Framework SADC Nutritional Strategy

Barriers to positive education outcomes Low enrolment High drop out Poor performance Violence Gender stereotypes Customary practices Child labour Rural home Natural disasters War Hunger Insuffi- cient schools Low quality teaching Lack of enabling school environ- ment Poverty HIV &AIDS No birth certificate Absent parents Grief and trauma Disability Low literate parents The Impact The Impact = Low enrolment + High drop out + Poor performance

OVERVIEW OF CSTL The Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) is a SADC (Southern African Development Community) response to the challenges and barriers to education that the Member States recognized exist for the vulnerable and disadvantaged children, the youths and girls in the region. These barriers to education negatively impact the above learners in the areas of education access, retention, completion and outcomes  It supports the Education Ministers to fulfill their commitment and intentions of providing quality education to all learners  It is driven by an underlying belief that “ Education drives socioeconomic development ”

CSTL OVERVIEW CONT  It was developed by the SADC Secretariat, in partnership with MIET Africa UNESCO and UNICEF.  Currently its core funder is the Swiss Development and Corporation Agency (SDC) CSTL provides a comprehensive approach to addressing the barriers to teaching and learning that are associated with basic service delivery (such as health) and poverty related challenges It is an especially strategic mode of intervention since schools and the education system offer a unique and effective vehicle for the delivery of integrated programmes that provide care and support to vulnerable and marginalised children in the furtherance of their education

CSTL OVERVIEW CONT It is a strategy adopted by the SADC to standardize, measure and report on the mainstreaming of elements that assess the school as a centre for care and support for both learners, especially the most marginalized, as well as teachers as the most critical providers of educational services to the learners. It views schools as not only strategic vehicles of service delivery but also the single most important points of educational service provision

CSTL OVERVIEW CSTL is thus not a new concept but it is an overarching framework that Ministries of Education in SADC member states can use to coordinate and integrate all existing efforts to address elements of care and support for teaching and learning using the school as the most ‘natural’ hub/portal of service provision. CSTL is an intervention meant to address barriers to education across the continuum of prevention, care and support as well as a host of interlocking vulnerabilities that would otherwise compromise children’s rights to education and to positive outcomes in education. This would negatively impact broader community socio-economic development This is so because schools can offer age-appropriate targeted services (age cohorts are arranged by grade)

Key School Level Activities to be implemented Implement CSTL, starting with outreach schools Capacity building of supervisors, teachers and school support teams Emphasise safety and protection for children and youth Emphasise HIV/AIDS and Comprehensive Sexuality Education Emphasise nutrition Community mobilisation Strengthening CSTL structures (National/ Provincial/ District/ Cluster and School levels) Integrating CSTL monitoring, evaluation and reporting into existing MER processes (EMIS and SMIS)

Solution = The Essential Package of CSTL

The CSTL Goal Children and youth in SADC realize their rights to education, to safety and protection and to care and support, through an expanded and strengthened education sector respons e

Objectives and Outcomes ObjectivesExpected Outcome 1.To support Member States to strengthen, expand and sustain their education sector responses to the prevention, care and support needs of children and youth, especially vulnerable girl s Education sectors in Member States respond to the prevention, care and support needs of children and youth, especially vulnerable girls

Objectives and Outcomes ObjectivesExpected Outcome 2. To support Member States to partner with local services and safety nets that address HIV&AIDS, SRHR and other health needs of children and youth, especially vulnerable girls Local services and safety nets in Member States address HIV&AIDS, SRHR and other health needs of children and youth, especially vulnerable girls

Objectives and Outcomes ObjectivesExpected Outcome 3. To support Member States to advocate for and implement policies and programmes promoting and protecting the rights of vulnerable, marginalized children and youth, as expressed in the Regional CSTL Policy Framework Member States promote and protect the rights of marginalized, vulnerable children and youth