System strengthening for sustainability and Technical Assistance (TA).
This subcomponent will support efforts to strengthen the institutional capacity of federal and state governments to support girls’ education and empowerment. It will support the federal government and participating states in establishing a comprehensive secondary EMIS to collect data on an annual basis for planning and decision making. Data will be used to track progress on girls’ education outcomes including diagnosing gender gaps and identifying girls who might need targeted support. TA will be provided to the federal and state governments to include: (i) capacity building in key functional areas at the federal and state levels to support program implementation; (ii) strategy development on girls’ empowerment, the secondary school network expansion, disarticulation of secondary school among others; (iii) strengthening data collection and analysis on secondary education data, including support to the EMIS; (iv) research and evaluation activities to inform scale up of project -supported activities; (v) support for policies and interventions to respond to COVID-19 and its impact on the education sector; (vi) support other key ministries (including the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMWA), Federal Ministry of Youth (FMY), Federal Ministry of Health (FMH), Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (FMHDMSD) on key coordination activities on girls education and empowerment; and (ix) communication activities to be undertaken at the federal and state levels. It will also support and facilitate knowledge transfer and sharing through trainings and learning events to bring federal and state governments and other stakeholders together towards commitment to girls’ education and empowerment. This subcomponent will be implemented by relevant departments (EMIS, policy and research) supported by the NPCU and each SPIU.
