1. National Education Cluster meeting
Monday 30th January 2017
Skype – KatyNoble.HST
Skype – mugabi-fred
Skype – Abdirisak09
Skype – Samirizzat
Skype – buulaay1
Skype – ashihan

2. Introduction from both MoE
Criteria?

3. Previous Meeting Action Points
Responsible
Status
Partners are requested to fill out the MoE KRG’s 2017 registration form
Partners
Link re-sent to partners via and Skype group.
Partners are requested by MoE KRG to fill out spreadsheet on 2016 activities.
Thank you to those partners that completed the sheet and sent to us.
MoE Federal will share the data about textbooks status
MoE Federal
Awaiting update from MoE Federal. Cluster will follow up with Deputy Minister
Partners to submit any assessment reports or findings ASAP to the Cluster Team
UNICEF, IOM and DRC have sent us assessment reports from their recent assessment trips.
Cluster to arrange IM workshops across the governorates for new Activity Info indicators
Education Cluster
Erbil workshop took place on 26th, other governorates soon!
Reporting schedule to be given to partners to know when to report each month
Shared on 24th January

4. Humanitarian Response Plan 2017
We have the green light to plan for a $70m education response for 2017
This portfolio is targeting 1.4m children and teachers
37% of portfolio is planned support to KRI
45% of portfolio is planned support to Rest of Iraq
18% of portfolio is planned support to Mosul (Telafar, Mosul and Hamdaniyah)
First Line EiE activities make up 14% of the 2017 plan
Second Line EiE activities make up 9% of the 2017 plan
Full Cluster EiE activities make up 78% of the 2017 plan
Returnees focus from April

5. Refugee Education Update - UNHCR

6. Collecting Data with KoBoCollect on Android
1) Install KoboCollect on your Android device.

7. Collecting Data with KoBoCollect on Android
On your Android device, open KoBoCollect and open the ‘General Settings’
This may be in the top right of your screen, the bottom right, or a button in the center bottom - depending on your Android version)

8. Collecting Data with KoBoCollect on Android
In ‘General Settings’, under URL, enter the server URL:

9. Collecting Data with KoBoCollect on Android
On the home menu of KoBoCollect, click ‘Get Blank Form’

10. Collecting Data with KoBoCollect on Android
Click on ‘Fill Blank Form’

11. Collecting Data with KoBoCollect on Android
Select the assessment form to which you would like to enter data.
Go through all the questions (swiping your finger from right to left).
At the end click on ‘Save Form and Exit’ (making sure the form is marked as 'finalized')

12. Uploading finalized data
From the home screen, click on ‘Send Finalized Form’

13. JOINT Education needs assessment in Qayyarah
UNICEF EDU-DOE Nenewa
DoE Qayyarah –WEO
22-26 January 2017

14. BACKGROUND:
UNICEF EDU – DOE Nenewa – Joint Operational Education Planning workshop on Education needs in retaken areas of Nineveh (Mid- December 2016) UNICEF EDU Erbil Field Office & Qayyarah DOE focal point : Education cluster needs assessment tool customized and uploaded (Kobo – collect App) Needs Assessment plan developed (timeline, teams, logistics, tablets) to cover 125 schools in Qayyarah;

15. JOINT Needs Assessment plan#
Day
Plan 1
Thursday / 19th of Jan 2017
UNICEF EDU to meet with the Director of DoE of Qayyarah in UN compound at 10:00 AM, to discuss about the preparation plan of the assessment. 2
Saturday / 21st of Jan 2017
UNICEF to train WEO staff (5 members), and 5 employees from DoE of Gayyarah
Training location is (Jada’a) camp in Qayyarah
Provision of tablets to 5 teams 3
Sunday / 22nd of Jan 2017
5 teams will start the assessment in Qayyarah to cover 25 schools per day.
Each team consists of two people (1 from WEO & 1 from DoE), should cover 5 schools per day.
The list of the schools and the geographical area of the schools are confirmed with the director of Education of Qayyarah, and teams will cover accordingly. 4
Monday / 23rd of Jan 2017
5 teams will cover 25 schools, each team will cover 5 schools. 5
Tuesday / 24th of Jan 2017 6
Wednesday / 25th of Jan 2017 7
Thursday / 26th of Jan 2017

16. DAY 1: #5 teams trained by UNICEF on how to use the Kobo-collect

17. From day 2 to DAY 7: 114 schools assessed

18. Schools information and needs overview (1/3)
114 schools assessed: 104 fully functioning; 1 partially functioning and 9 not functioning (used by armed actors; damaged and with explosives in and around the school)
31 schools were used by ISIL (military position ; storage of weapons; teaching and training of children)
92 % of the schools were closed when the area was under the control of ISIL.
28 schools with reported explosive hazards in vicinity of school property
Note: The teams were unable to cover some schools which were not accessible

19. Schools information and needs overview (2/3)
91 % of the schools in Qayyarah are currently open and operational
Total number of the students currently in 114 schools in Qayyarah is: 40,400 children (22,781 Boys; 17,619 Girls)
91% children are attending the school at least 4 days a week

20. Schools information and needs overview (3/3)
Major needs: 1. School supplies (91%); 2. School rehabilitation/WASH facilities (85%); 3. School extension/additional classrooms (59%); 4. Training of teachers (33%) (including lack of clean water, lack of textbooks, lack of desks, lack of kerosene)

21. Some photos by the assessment teams

22. Recommendations: UNICEF EDU to:
Coordinate with WASH section to enhance WASH facilities (lack of clean water and need to fix WASH facilities)
provide Student kits and other education teaching and learning supplies
to support minor schools renovation and expansion schools absorption capacity (additional prefabs)
to liaise with DOE for lack of teaching staff (volunteer teachers); lack of textbooks and capacity building of teachers
to liaise with DOE and Education Cluster for awareness campaigns on explosive hazards with students & teachers
to share info and follow up with MRM/CP on schools used by armed actors and damaged
to liaise with DOE and Edu/CP partners for extra-curricular /recreational activities
To work with CP to provide PSS in schools for teachers and students

23. EDUCATION RESPONSE PLAN:.
EDUCATION RESPONSE PLAN:
THANK YOU !

24. GPS from all partners
We need GPS coordinates of all your current EiE interventions! 
When your project staff are next in the field (this week?), please ask them to send you/us the GPS coordinates, so we can start mapping out all the TLS
Especially important for East/West Mosul, as we need plot against where ISF/UNMAS have done clearance – safety!

25. Recent EiE assessment findings
UNICEF assessment mission to Al Zhur and Al Sukar:
5 schools were visited (Al Zhur Secondary school G7-12; Dijla Primary school for girls G1-6; Al Shmukh Intermediate School for boys G7-9; Assil School for girls; Mustafa school for boys)
Observations: Enrolment of students was ongoing, education had not started yet
Urgent needs: school WASH, textbooks, teacher salaries, clean-up & quick light-repairs of schools
RPA assessment in Shahama IDP Camp, Tikrit district, Salah al Din:
1,125 children in the camp.
Children are unable to leave the camp.
Provision of education is not available inside the camp and children are not allowed out of the camp to attend school.
There are a few activities for children in the camp but no access to any education.

26. Recent EiE assessment findings
UNICEF assessment mission to Gogjali: Gogjali al ula (first) Primary school for boys:
500 children registered so far by the principal. The teachers are not on board yet
Needs identified: Textbooks, school supplies, minor school rehabilitations (doors, cleaning, walls whitewashing) including WASH facilities.
Al Kofa Primary school for boys:
School is not functioning – temporarily being used as storage for aid supplies.
Needs identified: Minor school rehabilitations (walls whitewashing including “stains” by ISIS), including WASH facilities is needed
Risk education needed on explosive hazards in communities and in schools
Follow up needed with DOLSA to ensure social workers support schools (students and teachers)

27. Recent EiE assessment findings
IOM Rapid Assessment Abu Jarbua’a, Baashiqa:
1 reason given by families for the low number of
returnees is that education isn’t yet available.
2 schools in Abu Jarbua’a (mixed primary school + a boys primary/secondary school). The schools have not been  structurally damaged & they’ll reopen once staff available
IOM Rapid Assessment in Gogjali village, Baashiqa :
1 of the 4 schools is completely destroyed.
Other 3 have been abandoned as they need rehabilitation 
/ supplies (chairs, blackboards and textbooks)

28. East Mosul
CONGRATULATIONS TO DOE NINEWA & UNICEF – 30 schools are now re-opened since last week!!
Neighbourhoods which are retaken now (see map)
Partners can check here:
Returns update - Shereen, Returns Working Group

30. East Mosul
We have done some initial mapping of partner plans for newly retaken areas, inc. East Mosul
So far the following organisations have indicated that with funding they are willing / able to respond to First Line EiE in the coming weeks:
Save the Children - UNICEF
INTERSOS - Human Appeal
Al Mortaqa - Triangle
War Child - Al Khanjar
Chavin Engineering ADE
ZOA PIN
NOGAV

31. East Mosul - partners
Partners need to closely coordinate with the Cluster on which neighbourhoods they can work in, and so mapping can be done on who will work where and doing what – clarity for DoE.

32. West Mosul Offence will start mid-Feb (likely 14th Feb).
Civilian evacuations are very likely, as is a besiege situation.
Current population is West Mosul is 750,000, expected displacement is 250,000 (likely that 500,000 will remain).
Displacement is likely to be only to the South.
Expected influx is people per day, but in ‘worst case scenario’ is 15,000/per day.
Causalities expected to be about 70/day.
Currently there is insufficient space in current camps, but CCCM are assessing potential sites and spaces within existing camps.

33. West Mosul
Likely camps that Government are planning to use for West Mosul displacement:
Hasansham U2 - Khazer M1
Hasansham U3 - Chamakor
Hasansham M2
Other sites which are being developed / considered:
Hamman al-Aliel (‘super camp’ of 27,000 plots)
Bartella

34. West Mosul
Concerns about returns being forced, and not safe, dignified or voluntary.
Number of departures is currently higher than the number of arrivals everyday..
Government is keen to see current IDPs return home, so these can be seen as ‘overlapping caseloads’

35. West Mosul – next steps for EiE
Lessons learnt from Mosul response in the last few months (reflections happening after this meeting)
Which partners can work in these West Mosul camps?
Are all partners satisfied with their PSS-provision capacities? What support can CP Cluster provide to you?
Cluster and your own agency needs to lobby to CCCM / MoMD / Camp Manager to allocate sufficient space in camps for TLS

36. Contaminated school clearance
There is a push by the MoE, DoE Ninewa and communities to get schools re-opened in East Mosul and newly retaken areas. Return to normalcy & very symbolic!
In the vast majority of cases, the schools that are re-opening have been cleared by military groups.
An official order has been issued to the ISF that they have to clear all schools before being opened.
The Education Cluster is of course very supportive of these Back to School efforts, but at the same time we also need to be mindful of safety first and Do No Harm!

37. Contaminated school clearance
What are the major concerns?
Booby trapping in schools
Indirect fire
ISIS targeting schools that have re-opened
Destroyed or damaged infrastructure
Standards of initial clearance
Schools are a magnet for returnees, so once schools are re-opened, numbers of returnees increase..

38. Contaminated school clearance
So, what is needed?
Mine Clearance (by ISF, and then checked by an international specialist org. whenever possible)
Light rehabilitations by partners / contractors / communities
Cleaning & minor repairs (e.g. fixing doors, removing garbage and broken furniture, replacing broken windows, etc)
Light rehabilitations (e.g. electricity, latrines, etc)
If school is very badly damaged, and the above 2 steps aren’t sufficient, then installation of TLS tents or prefabs, until full reconstruction / rehabilitations can be done (e.g. MoE, UNDP, etc)

39. School Clearance – next steps:
In agreement with MoE & DoE Ninewa, discussions are ongoing with UNMAS and private contractor Mine Clearance companies to see how they can support the DoE in verifying military clearance of schools.
Focusing on clearing only 1 or 2 schools per neighbourhood in the 1st phase, so that children can access a shift of learning. Will enable wider geographical area of clearance faster.
Mapping of partners who can support with minor rehabilitations / cleaning of schools, if they receive funds. Which neighbourhoods? Access and logistics and staff and security can be in place ASAP?

40. Recommendations to Partners
Get official DoE confirmation that the school has been cleared, and by whom.
Make sure the school has been ‘tagged’ as clear (usually spray painted on the outside of the school)
In addition to military clearance (and maybe international agency clearance too) your organization to do your own research on the school & surrounded area. Ask the community or Mayor:
Was the school used as a forward operating base by ISIS?
Were there battles in this neighbourhood?
Did any forces occupy the school?

41. Recommendations to Partners
If your organization has any concerns about a particular school, please report them to Education Cluster know ASAP. Cluster will contact UNMAS or another Clearance company to see if they can do an contamination assessment ASAP. (Minimum reporting requirements on next slide)
There is a Training of Trainers on Basic Search Techniques (e.g. how to enter rooms safely, how to open doors without setting off booby traps, etc.) We are trying to get some spaces on the next one, and the Education Cluster partners trained will then deliver training to the rest of the partners & frontline project staff.
Mine Risk Education – remember to ask directly to UNMAS or MAG for them to come and deliver MRE sessions to the teachers and students in your schools.
(MAG MRE, Dahuk and Ninewa FP)
(UNMAS MRE)

42. Reporting clearance concerns
If your teams have concerns about a school in terms of mine clearance, please /call/SMS the Education Cluster ASAP with the following reporting information:
Name of school
GPS location
School principal or Mayor phone number
Type of threat seen or concern you have
Photograph of the concerning issue (if possible)

43. Information Management
31 participants participated in the 2 hour training on Activityinfo and the Mosul Response Reporting
As next steps: the AI platform is being set up, and partners will be informed on reporting dates for Jan (delayed).
Trainings for Dahuk, Suly, Kirikuk, and others are being planned from next week.

44. Mosul Crisis Response: Education Dashboard 30 Jan 2017
Funding required: $10m Current Funding: $31%
Current No. Partners: 10
Type of Orgn
Among the recently displaced people by the Mosul emergency, 56,422 children are school aged (35% of IDP population)
Children Displaced*
56,422
A total of 17,300 (49.5%) IDP children have been enrolled in the over 25 TLSs.
Children enrolled in TLS
17,300
These resumed education following the re-opening of 30 schools in Eastern Mosul with partners support.
Resumed school in E. Mosul
23,000
Teachers & PTAs
Displaced school-aged children in camps are urgently not accessing any form of education activities due to funding gaps
IDP Children Need EiE Support
39,122
Children reached per activity
Challenges
-Insufficient number of textbooks available for formal learning, as the Federal MoE does not have enough.
-Education for the children in non camp and return areas remains at stake given lack of funding.
-Identification of teachers from within the displaced population to run the TLSs remains difficult.
Contact:

45. Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) membership
What is the ‘SAG’?
A small group of Iraq EiE experts who help direct the Education response
Involved in Cluster decision-making, reviewing of tools, drafting of advocacy messages, etc
The NNGO in the SAG represents and is the voice of all other NNGOs in the Cluster!
REACH are stepping down as 1 of the National NGO representatives in our SAG
We would like to offer up their seat to another National NGO to apply for!

46. AOB: Sub-National meetings
Tikrit: Tuesday 31st January, 11am, Sorouh office
Dahuk: Tuesday 31st January, 10am, DoE Duhok
Erbil: Monday 13th February, 9am, SCI office
Kirkuk: Sunday 19th February, 11am, SCI office 
Sulay: Monday 20th February, 10am, DoE office

47. Next meeting: Date still to be confirmed
Thank you!
Next meeting: Date still to be confirmed
Skype – KatyNoble.HST
Skype – mugabi-fred
Skype – Abdirisak09
Skype – Samirizzat
Skype – buulaay1
Skype – ashihan