Education Reform Strategy - Unrwa

Contents
Acknowledgements............................................................................................................... iii
Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. iv
Education Programme Reform Log Frame ......................................................................... ix
1.0 Origin and History of Reform Strategy................................................................................. 1
2.0 The External Environment: Global, Regional and National Analysis and Background of
Education ................................................................................................................................ 3
2.1. Palestine refugees in context .......................................................................................................................3
2.2. Global, regional and host country education policy frameworks ............................................................7
2.3. Host country education analysis..................................................................................................................9
Specific policy areas emerging as important in the region......................................................................................10
Information Communication Technology (ICT)........................................................................................................13
Inclusive Education and Special Educational Needs (SEN)....................................................................................13
Early Childhood Development (ECD)......................................................................................................................14
2.4. Priorities for the international non governmental education development sector...............................14
2.5. Donor trends, priorities and the impact of the global financial crisis on education financing ...........15
2.6. UNRWA organisational structures .............................................................................................................16
3.0 Education in UNRWA ........................................................................................................... 17
3.1. Overview .......................................................................................................................................................17
3.2. Elementary, preparatory and secondary education .................................................................................17
3.3. Enrolment, premises and double shifts.....................................................................................................18
3.4. Teacher training and development.............................................................................................................20
3.5. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) ......................................................................21
3.6. Gender equity ...............................................................................................................................................22
3.7. Education financing.....................................................................................................................................24
3.8. Development Partner support.....................................................................................................................25
3.9. Educational challenges ...............................................................................................................................25
4.0 Overview of the Education Review by Universalia ........................................................... 27
4.1. Overview .......................................................................................................................................................27
4.2. Quality of UNRWA Education......................................................................................................................27
4.3. Organisation and Management of UNRWA Education .............................................................................30
Organisational Design of HQ...................................................................................................................................31
Partnerships ............................................................................................................................................................32
Programme management and processes ...............................................................................................................33
Gender ....................................................................................................................................................................33
Human resources....................................................................................................................................................33
4.4. Evolving Nature of UNRWA Schools..........................................................................................................34
4.5. Assessment of Teacher Education ............................................................................................................36
4.6. Special Education Programming................................................................................................................39
4.7. Response to the Universalia Review.........................................................................................................40
5.0 The Reform............................................................................................................................ 42
5.1. Overview .......................................................................................................................................................42
5.2. Reform concept and rationale ....................................................................................................................42
5.3. Reform beneficiaries....................................................................................................................................44
5.4. Reform strategic context.............................................................................................................................44
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