Ministry of Education and Training TARGETED BUDGET SUPPORT (TBS) Hanoi – 26 June 2006

1. Ministry of Education and Training TARGETED BUDGET SUPPORT (TBS) Hanoi – 26 June 2006

2. This presentation : • Viet Nam context • Recent Initial to achieve quality UPE • International support • FTI and Viet Nam

3. Government Commitments : • 10 Year National Education Development Strategy (2001-2010) • Comprehensive and cost National Action Plan EFA (2003-2015) • 5 Year National Education Plan • (2006-2010) • Increasing national budget for education from 14% in 2002 to 18,6% in 2006 and to 20% in 2008

4. Achievements • Primary Net Enrolment Rate (92% in 2004) • Primary completion rate (86% in 2004) • Rapid expansion of pre-school , secondary • and higher education • Majority of young people have access to 5 years of primary and 4 years of lower secondary education • Introduction of new curriculum

5. Key Challenges • Including the disadvantaged groups (poor children, ethnic minorities, children with disabilities and others • Overcoming the differences in learning outcomes • Ensuring Viet Nam has a stronger foundation for social development and economic growth • Improving quality for all • Strengthening learning outcomes • Strengthening management effectiveness to assure coherence of initiatives

6. Recent initiatives to achieve quality UPE • New curriculum • Full day schooling • Five Year Plan for Education (2006-2010) • Regulation on minimum quality standards for all primary schools (FSQL) • Targeted Budget Support (TBS) to address disadvantaged and promote quality – via Government’s National Targeted Programs (NTP)

7. International Support to EFA • International support to develop Vietnam’s National EFA action plan from late 2001. • International endorsement of National EFA action plan in September 2003 • Many agencies supporting a wide range of project in all EFA sub-sectors/goals – mostly focused on primary education • Issues of coherence between donor supported projects and Government programs/projects • FTI Secretariat accepted Viet Nam October 2003

8. Targeted Budget Support for EFA (TBS) Implementation- FTI implication in Viet Nam • TBS CONCEPTS • New approach of ODA with the aim of faster and more effective using ODA funds to meet the targets of government in education development (SWAPs) • Characteristics of TBS are : • A way of channelling donor support through our own budget • Using government routine procedures rather than special donor project procedures

9. TBS’s Objectives: • Overall objectives: • Improving the access to basic education. • Improving the quality of basic education. • Improving the equity in education. • Using the resources more effectively.

10. FSQL as the base for develop TBS activities: • Principals and deputy principals should have required qualification and be trained in school management • Teachers should have   Qualifications of at least 12+2: 100% meeting this standard by 2005 • Physical infrastructure •   Class size not to exceed the regulation size (35) by more than 10 percent, i.e., no classes bigger than 38 • Classrooms of solid construction • Equipment and materials   textbooks in mathematics and Vietnamese and minimum supply of notebooks and pencils

11. TBS and NTP connections • NTP is the base for developing TBS • TBS is the part contributed by international donors to NTP • TBS does not develop new sub-programs under existing NTP • TBS will support NTP to strengthen the existing mechanism

12. TBS and donors commitments • Fast disbursement based on the results of activities • Harmonization the procedures • Using the existing NTP’s mechanism • Ensuring the achievements of EFA objectives and • goals

13. The components of TBS Component 1: Achievement of FSQL standards through TBS to the Education NTP (US$125 million, including IDA and bilateral sources). Component 2: Institutional Strengthening for NTP Administration and Implementation (US$5 million, parallel financed from bilateral sources but jointly managed by all TBS Partners).

14. TBS funds will be channelled directly through five of seven existing sub-components within the education sector NTP: ·Sub-component 1: Illiteracy elimination, consolidation of Universal Primary Education and achievement of Universal Lower Secondary Education; ·Sub-component 2: Renovation of the curriculum and textbooks/teaching methods; ·Sub-component 4: Upgrading infrastructure of Teacher Training Institutions and teacher qualifications; ·Sub -component 5: Support for the education of ethnic minorities and disadvantaged regions; ·Sub-component 6:Infrastructure development

15. Monitoring and Assessment TBS activities • Capacity building from central to grassroots level • Improving the financial management(reporting, accounting, auditing) system from grassroots level • Transparent financing • Participating of the beneficiaries in the process of monitoring and assessment • Developing performance indicators

16. Expected Outcomes of TBS • Improve the quality of basic education • Ensure the equity on access and quality of basic education • Strengthen capacity in NTP management • One step to achieve the Dakar Goals

17. Looking forward • The alignment of Government’s and donor support to education sector and EFA activities • The continuing commitment focuses on EFA goals and sub-sectors as ECCE, LSE, NFE

18. Thank you for your attention !