Bandundu 895 Equateur 5,741 Ituri 3,300 Katanga 3,823 National 39,969 North Kivu 26,388 Province Orientale 5,872 South Kivu 2,276 Total 88,264

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1 6.3. Education Cluster Overview The principal objective of the cluster is to ensure access to basic education for all children affected by emergencies and crises in DRC. Activities have mainly focused on construction/rehabilitation of permanent or temporary classrooms, distribution of school supplies, teaching materials and recreational kits. These activities, along with replenishment of stocks of teaching material, ensured support for most of the provinces of the country. Most of the national activities targeted eastern provinces through emergency education interventions. programmes have also ensured the coverage of emergency needs in western provinces addressing selected priorities identified by the Provincial Inter-agency Coordination Committees. Sixteen projects were funded and implemented in ,264 children and teachers have been assisted through these projects, the large majority living in the eastern Congolese provinces. Province/region Beneficiaries Bandundu 895 5,741 Ituri 3,300 Katanga 3,823 39,969 North Kivu 26,388 Province Orientale 5,872 South Kivu 2,276 Total 88,264 Province Orientale 6.7% Sud Kivu 2.6% Bandundu 1.0% 6.5% Ituri 3.7% Katanga 4.3% Nord Kivu 29.9% 45.3% 36/98

2 The seven projects implemented in the eastern provinces represent 25% of the funds allocated to the cluster considered under this report. Six projects were implemented in the western provinces (or 31% of the funds allocated) and three projects (44% of the funds allocated) had a national/regional coverage. The following table shows geographical coverage, project budget expenditure level by end December 2007 and number of education projects considered for this report. Province/region Organisation type Funding Spent Bandundu NGOs 105, ,000 1 NGOs 367, ,000 3 UN Agencies 500, ,000 1 Ituri International NGOs 291, ,840 1 Katanga NGOs 283, ,315 1 North Kivu International NGOs 477, ,804 2 UN Agencies 102, ,300 1 Province International NGOs 455, ,440 1 Orientale NGOs 215, ,000 1 South Kivu International NGOs 210,000 62,264 1 International NGOs 157, ,000 1 UN Agencies 2,172,088 1,545,474 2 Total 5,337,589 4,253, The following graphs show overall distribution of funds allocated to education projects and project budget expenditure by region. Bandundu 2.0% 43.6% 16.3% Ituri 5.5% Sud Kivu 3.9% Province Orientale 12.6% Nord Kivu 10.9% Katanga 5.3% 37/98

3 Millions Funding Spent Bandundu Ituri Katanga Nord Kivu Province Orientale Sud Kivu The projects received USD 5,337,589 from Pooled Fund and CERF. USD 2,774,388 (or 52% of the total allocated to cluster projects) funded projects implemented by UN Agencies, and USD 2,563,201 (48% of the allocation, 30% was received by international NGOs and 18% by national NGOs) projects carried out by NGOs. Of the 16 projects considered in this summary report, 12 were selected for funding in 2006 (11 NGOs and one UN Agency) and four in 2007 (3 NGOs and one UN agency). At the end of December 2007, USD 4,253,437 had been spent, 80% of allocated funds to the projects. Year Funding source 2006 PF Organisation type Funding Spent International NGOs 1,381,951 1,127,084 5 NGOs 971, ,315 6 UN Agencies 500, ,000 1 CERF UN Agencies 1,007, , International NGOs 210,000 62,264 1 PF UN Agencies 1,267, ,550 2 Total 5,337,589 4,253, The following tables summarize the organisations responsible for the implementation of education projects. Organisation type Organisation Funding Cordaid 210,000 1 Lutheran World Federation LWF 455,175 1 International NGOs Norwegian Refugee Council NRC 477,544 2 Solidarités 291,732 1 JRS 157,500 1 Caritas/Katanga 283,500 1 NGOs CEK 105,000 1 FOLECO 367,500 3 ICG 215,250 1 UN Agencies UNHCR 500,000 1 UNICEF 2,274,388 3 Total 5,337, /98

4 Project Achievements Six main education indicators were selected to measure results achieved by the 16 education projects considered in this report. Two indicators were common to all projects: number of children accessing school and number of classrooms rehabilitated and equipped. Twelve projects reported on the number of parent/teacher (PTA) hygiene committees created. Specific indicators of other sectors/clusters, water and sanitation in particular, were also used to measure cross-sector project outputs. For example, number of latrines built (door) and number of wells, sources and dwells were used to ensure integrated water and sanitation components in education projects. The following table shows achievements for indicators applied to education projects and the number of projects who did report on the specific indicator (out of 16). Indicator Results achieved Nb of children accessing school 85, Nb of classrooms rehabilitated and equipped Nb of latrines built (door) Nb of PTA hygiene committees created Nb of teachers trained 1,633 9 Nb of wells, sources and dwells 26 7 Nb school population with access to safe water 6,323 2 Nb of children receiving school kits 4,903 2 Nb of school maintenance committees created Project Constraints NGO partners faced difficulties in ensuring timely implementation of selected projects, which resulted in numerous non-cost extension requests. Common justifications of delays were: weak implementation strategy, shortfall of materials in the local markets linked to poor utilisation of locally-made materials, and insufficient participation of community in project design. Improved evaluation of partners capacities will be required for future allocations. Project quality standards vary from province to province. For example, in North Kivu, NRC built/rehabilitated classrooms and sanitation facilities combining qualitative work with efficient schooling program; while in Ituri, materials and equipment used did not reach the same quality standards. The Humanitarian Coordinator and the Pooled Fund Board endorsed the need for improved standardisation, especially in terms of rehabilitation activities (classrooms and water/sanitation facilities in schools). Additional efforts by the cluster will be required to ensure implementation of the approved approach. This was indeed the main reason why eight priority projects selected in 2007 did not start implementation until The issue of classroom rehabilitation versus construction should be further explored. The cluster should further develop technical and financial standards applicable to school rehabilitation. Maintenance of latrines and water points should be reinforced. Committees should be systematically created before the end of project implementation. Increased implication of local authorities could be explored to improve maintenance and follow up of projects. 39/98

5 Selection of structures for rehabilitation should be made in coordination with local authorities whenever possible. Improved coordination between provincial and national level have resulted necessary for the education cluster. 40/98

6 Map 1 - Education projects 41/98

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