avpn conference day 1 - children n education

7/30/2019 AVPN Conference Day 1 - Children n Education

1/13

Sector Drilldown:

Children & Education

Speakers:

Kristin Lindsey, CEO of Global Fund for Children

Azad Oomen, Executive Director of Central Square Foundation

Alan Wang, Executive Director of Better Education

Moderated by:

Amitav Virmani, Country Director of ARK India


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Kristin LindseyCEO

Global Fund for Children


3/13

Children and Education


4/13

Context

EXCLUSION

DISRUPTION

POVERTY

JAAGO, Bangladesh


5/13

Quality

INFORMAL toFORMAL

CURRICULUM

TEACHER TRAINING

LOCATION

CARTWHEEL FOUNDATION

Philippines


6/13

Sustainability

LOCAL

LONG TERM

SCALABILITY

back to context...

WEAVE

Thailand


7/13

Azad Oomen

Executive Director

Central Square Foundation


8/13

Venture Philanthropy Approach to Education

Invest in innovations that have scalable potential Shortage of entrepreneurs and organizations that have experience,

skill, integrity and vision

Provide financial, intellectual and social capital

Successful Indian NGOs report that they need not just money but thebusiness tools to be successful

Create a nurturing ecosystem

Limited sharing of learning of effective practices across institutionsand geographies

Use a data-driven approach to evaluating outcomes

Track performance through an outcomes-focused lens

Work toward systemic change

Leverage knowledge and network to affect government policies


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Low Investment on Strategic Initiatives

Spend on TT is low by

global standards

Education is a human

intensive activity and

so Professional

Development is critical

No market for third

party training

organizations. Capacity

needs to be set up

No investment in

School Leadership

Training

Spend onResearch &Evaluation is lessthan 0.1% ofeducation

expenditure Minimal

researchcompared toother countries

Is this spendreally enough tomake decisionsbased on

evidence?

Research &

Evaluation

Teacher Training

(TT)

Practically no

allocation for

Assessment

Most countries

are spending

approx. 0.2-0.5%

of Education

Budgets

An allocation of

0.25% of the

budget on

assessment can

have a large

impact

Assessment

Allocation for

this component

very low

All the money is

focused towards

hardware with

no provision for

training and

content

ICT

Currently

education

budget does not

cater for any

allocation on

Innovations

Other countries

are studying

possibilities that

could radically

change school

design

Innovation

The current spend on key strategic initiatives to achieve Quality Education is less than

2% of the overall Education Budget


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The Indian System Lacks Accountability

Performance: Can we tell if children are learning

Demonstrate effective Continuous

Comprehensive Evaluation. RTE mandates

but no models

Introduce low-stakes assessment. ASSET test

used currently in high-income schools

Market: Can we foster a competitive system

Support quality of low cost affordable private

schools

Encourage experimentation with vouchers and

charter schools

Push for per-pupil funding

Community: Can communities own their schools

School management committees mandated

by RTE that include 75% parent and

community participation

Need effective models of SMCs

SMCs need more fiscal and administrative

power

Regulatory: Can we improve policy framework

RTE regulations need to be clarified so that

players know the rules

Policy framework needs to move toward

outcomes-orientation


11/13

Alan Wang

Executive Director

Better Education


12/13

Sector Drilldown:

Children & Education

Speakers:

Kristin Lindsey, CEO of Global Fund for Children

Azad Oomen, Executive Director of Central Square Foundation

Alan Wang, Executive Director of Better Education

Moderated by:

Amitav Virmani, Country Director of ARK India


13/13

Please proceed to the next sessions

Toolkits: 3.25 4.25pm

Effective Due Diligence: 4.1

Fundraising: MRA

Impact Assessment: 6.1

Mobilising Human Capital: 14

avpn conference day 1 - children n education

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