Implementation Matrix Data and Research

Implementation Matrix - Data and Research
Overall Goal 6. Ensure education policies, planning, monitoring and reform are based on empirical evidence derived from data and research

Table 16-11 Implementation Matrix - Data and Research

 

Program 6 – Data and Research
Overall Goal 6. Ensure education policies, planning, monitoring and reform are based on empirical evidence derived from data and research
Target	Strategies	Activities	Timelines					Cost Million in PKR.	Responsibility	Assumptions
			Y1	Y2	Y3	Y4	Y5
Sub Program 6.1 Comprehensive Needs Based Database
Sub Goal 6.1. Develop comprehensive needs based database for use in education policy, planning and service delivery
Data                need analysis conducted   Data frameworks revised   Required                 data collected	6.1.1 Conduct data need analysis to ensure                         better planning, implementation and monitoring for enhanced                quality, access and equity	I. PPIU to identify and document data needs for each organisation and for the overall education system, especially, the requirements of Balochistan Compulsory Education Act 2014, SDG 4 and 5 through engagement with each organisation.	X					0.27	PPIU
		II. PPIU to coordinate with EMIS to review current data frameworks and revise them according to needs	X					0.32	PPIU
		III. PPIU to identify other sources of data where EMIS data is insufficient or not needed	X	X	X				PPIU
Data on private schools                  and madrassas       is regularly collected	6.1.2 Ensure that data    on           private schools,           other public sectors and madrassas        is comprehensively captured	I. Engage with private sector to agree on the data collection details and processes	X					R.C	PPIU, DOE(S), EMIS	There is a low confidence in the government by the private school owners
		II. Engage with madrassas through          the                     Home	X					R.C	PPIU, DOE(S), EMIS	There is a low confidence  in  the
		Department to agree on data collection details								government by the maddrasas
		III. Collect data on private schools, madrassas and other public sector schools every two years		X		X		R.C	EMIS
All existing data digitised	6.1.3              Digitise existing data that is outside the main database of EMIS	I. Identify databases that can be digitised and made part of EMIS	X					0.22	EMIS/PPIU
		II. Digitise all such existing data into EMIS		X	X	X		1.90	EMIS/PPIU
All data are bases rolled out and linked	6.1.4 Ensure that databasess are linked for optimal information	I. Link to EMIS all digitised databases		X	X	X	X	5.44	EMIS/PPIU	Frameworks for databases include at least HR and Finance data of each organisation
		II. Improve capacity of BTBB, DOE(S), PITE, BOC&EC and education secretariat to roll out and manage their respective databases to be linked to the central EMIS	X	X	X				EMIS/PPIU
		Roll out respective databases and link them		X	X	X	X		EMIS/PPIU
Sub Program 6.2 Standardised Analysis
Sub Goal 6.2. Ensure standardised analysis is regularly conducted
Standardised framework developed   Data          analysed according to the standardised framework	6.2.1    Develop  a standardised framework           for analysis	I. Identify provincial requirements for data  analysis in consultation with relevant organisations	X	X	X	X	X	0.49	PPIU	Annual           recurrent activity       Annual           recurrent activity
		II. Engage with the federal government to ensure alignment for provincial, national and international reporting needs	X	X	X	X	X		PPIU
		III. Develop a framework based on provincial, national and                          international requirements		X	X	X	X		PPIU	Framework is revised  annually to accommodate new requirements
EMIS   and  PPIU undertake regular data analyses	6.2.2 Develop capacity of EMIS and PPIU to analyse data	I. Undertake capacity need assessment of EMIS and PPIU	X					3.49	PPIU/EMIS
		II. Prepare and implement a capacity development plan		X	X	X	X		PPIU/EMIS
Sub Program 6.3. Use of Data
Sub Goal 6.3. Institutionalise use of data in policy development, planning and service delivery
Sensitisation on use of data enhanced among officers of the Department and education policy makers   Increased use of data in decision making	6.3.1 Sensitise officers of the department and policy makers on importance of data use in decision making	I. Develop a sensitisation campaign based on education data and its use	X	X	X	X	X	R.C	EMIS/PPIU
		II. Develop data sensitisation modules to be used in seminars and workshops	X	X				2.33	EMIS/PPIU
		III. Conduct workshops with officers and policy makers twice a year		X	X	X	X		EMIS/PPIU
Capacity developed       in policy,           planning and                     service delivery	6.3.2 Develop capacity for use of data in policy, planning                    and service delivery	I. Undertake a training needs assessment for data use capacity in all organisations	X					Covered under above	PPIU
		II. Prepare a plan for training officers on use of data		X
		III. Implement the Plan			X	X	X		PPIU
Rules mandating use of data notified	6.3.3               Review existing rules to ensure mandatory data       use      for	I. Identify areas in planning, monitoring                                      and implementation where data use should be essential	X					R.C	SED/PPIU
	planning                    and decision making.	II. Notify rules accordingly		X				R.C	SED/PPIU
Sub Program 6.4 Research Based Reviews
Sub Goal 6.4. Develop a culture and practice of research-based review of policies, plans and implementation processes.
Increased use of research          in decision making	6.4.1 Develop and implement a plan to create awareness on the importance of research among senior       decision makers                    and political leadership	I. Develop a sensitisation campaign based on education research and its use	X	X	X	X	X	3.38	PPIU/SED
		II. Develop research sensitisation modules to be used in seminars and workshops	X	X					PPIU/SED
		III. Conduct workshops with officers and policy makers twice a year		X	X	X	X		PPIU/SED
Enhanced research                    on education	6.4.2             Conduct need-based research regularly	I. Set up a research committee with membership from all attachment departments and academia to identify research needs for every 5 years with annual review	X					R.C	PPIU/BOC&EC/ BBISE/PITE/BTBB
		II. The committee shall engage with universities to conduct relevant research		X	X	X	X	R.C	PPIU/BOC&EC/ BBISE/PITE/BTBB
		III. The committee shall identify resources and set up a research fund to ensure research is pursued in areas identified			X	X	X	R.C	PPIU/BOC&EC/ BBISE/PITE/BTBB
Capacity for research in the education system enhanced	6.4.3 Develop and enhance capacity for research on education	I. Operationalise  and integrate the research mandates of BOC&EC, PITE, BTBB, BBISE & BAEC and identify capacity gaps as part of          overall          capacity					X	2.90	PPIU	Routine research of         academia, including students’   theses,
		development plans for these organisations								are linked to policy needs   Services                       of academia        are contracted for specific needs- based researches
		II. Recognise the importance of linkages between academia and government for research	X	X	X	X	X		PPIU
		III. Mandate that have qualified academics to conduct research for the government and its students and teachers to be given recognition for their values and services	X	X	X	X	X	R.C	PPIU
Rules mandating use of research notified	6.4.4 Mandate research as part of policy                review processes and reforms	I. Identify areas where research use should be essential	X	X	X	X	X	R.C	PPIU/SED
		II. Notify rules accordingly	X	X	X	X	X	R.C	PPIU/SED	Notification can be revised when needed