OIDCI continues assistance in STRIVE implementation
     (Paningkamot – Pagsikapan)

OIDCI continues to assist the Australian-based Melbourne Development Institute (MDI) in the implementation of Stage 2 of the AusAID-funded Strengthening the Implementation of Basic Education in Selected Provinces in the Visayas (STRIVE) Project.   

STRIVE was designed to provide a flexible and responsive mechanism to assist the Government of the Philippines (GoP) to improve access to and quality of basic education in selected provinces of the Visayas, with the first stage of the project providing project support in the provinces of Bohol and Northern Samar. 

Stage 2 of STRIVE will help develop the enabling environment upon which current and future education reform efforts will be supported, sustained and continually improved.  

The goal of this Stage 2 Project is to contribute to the improvement in the quality of, and access to, basic education in the Visayas. Its purpose is to develop and strengthen selected education management and learning support systems in part by applying and modifying available responses for improved access to quality basic education appropriate to geographically isolated and disadvantaged populations.  By contributing to the development and improvement of support systems at the regional level in the Visayas, interventions of STRIVE Stage 2 will directly and indirectly involve 42 Schools Divisions with a total enrolment of over 3.5 million students in over 11,000 schools. 

STRIVE 2 is comprised of four (4) broad components, with two-cross-cutting themes - Quality Assurance and Access/Equity - underpinning and guiding all project activities. The four components include: 1) School-Based Management (SBM) Support System; 2) Human Resource Development/In-Service Education and Training Systems for Teachers; 3) Learning Resources Materials Development System; and, 4) Project Management. 

OIDCI Consultants in this Stage assist in strengthening the support system of the Department of Education’s (DepEd’s) three regional offices (Regions VI, VII, VIII) and selected divisions and schools for SBM through improved educational planning and management.  Specifically, this involves strengthening support systems, including strengthening governance, advisory and partnership mechanisms for school-based management through practical experience in application activities in the three regions, to be further enhanced through a range of capability building activities.   

OIDCI Consultants also provide specialist technical assistance to the DepEd Regional Offices in developing and strengthening the systems required for supporting the effective design, delivery, assessment and monitoring of application of quality programs that increase access to basic education; developing and strengthening the systems required for supporting the effective monitoring and evaluation of project activity; and, developing and strengthening appropriate regional ICT-based systems required for supporting SBM, In-Service Education and Training (INSET), Learning Resource Materials (LRM), and M&E.