An overview of the successful reform program in Punjab proving that a rigorous focus on the successful delivery of aid can lift developing countries to the point of independence and growth.

1. The Good News from
Pakistan
Katelyn Donnelly

2. The Origins

5. 5
“I am of the opinion that the
boldest measures are the safest”
Lord Nelson on the eve of the Battle of Copenhagen

7. The Elements

8. Elements of the roadmap
Data and targets
District administration
Teacher quality
The enrolment drive
Additional supporting programs
Punjab Education Foundation
Media campaign
Innovation Fund

9. 9
We have pain in every bone in our
bodies from working so hard, but
want the Roadmap to continue
because... it is nation-building.
An Executive District Officer (EDO)

10. The Routines

11. 11
Government is driven by crises
and events but it’s routines that
deliver results.
Sir Michael Barber, Instruction to Deliver

12. 5 Key Questions for Delivery
1. What are you trying to do? • Clear priorities
• Specific, measurable goals
2. How are you trying to do it? • Clear, practical plans which are used
regularly and updated
3. How, at any given moment, will you
know whether you are on track?
• Good, steady, close to real-time data on
key indicators
• Monitoring routines (such as stocktake
meetings) with all key players involved
4. If you are not on track, what are you
going to do about it?
• Agreed actions, followed up, tested in
practice and refined if necessary
• Always try something. Never neglect a
problem once identified
5. Can we help? • Constant ambition, refusal to give up
• Focus on the goals, no distractions
• Maintaining the routines
• Analysis and problem-solving where required
• Bringing to bear lessons from elsewhere

13. The Routines
Leadership Commitment
The Team on the Ground
Reviewing Roadmap Actions
The Stocktake
Absolute Discipline

15. The Results

16. A new day is dawning on education in Punjab
Higher enrolment and student
attendance
More teachers attending than
ever before
More schools with better basic
facilities
Stronger administration focusing
on improving quality

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The education system is now being effectively managed
District administration visits
% of schools visited by district administrators
SOURCE: PMIU
94.6 96.2
88.2 87.2 90.1
82.0
75.1 72.8
67.9
62.5
57.3
22.0
Oct.
2012
Sep.
2012
Aug.
2012
Apr.
2012
Mar.
2012
Feb.
2012
Jan.
2012
Dec.
2011
Nov.
2011
Oct.
2011
Aug.
2011
Nov.
2012
Target: 90%

18. 18
Approaching 1,500,000 extra
children age 5-16 enrolled in
school since 2011

19. The biggest challenge remains in rural areas and among girls
Enrolment for 5-9 year-olds
Southern Districts
Urban Rural
76%
67%
Urban Rural
95%
96%
96%
95%
Male
Female
Northern Districts
Central Districts
Urban Rural
93%
92%
92%
91%
SOURCE: Nielsen Household Survey December 2012
88% 82%
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20. In 2013, our focus will need to be on the South
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96
Chakwal
Jehlum
Attock
Rawalpindi
Sialkot
Gujrat
Narowal
Gujranwala
Mandi Bahauddin
Hafizabad
Lahore
Sargodha
Toba Tek Singh
Faisalabad
Okara
Mianwali
Nankana Sahib
Kasur
Khushab
Jhang
Bahawalnagar
Sheikhupura
Layyah
Sahiwal
Chiniot
Multan
Bhakkar
Khanewal
Lodhran
Vehari
Pakpattan
Bahawalpur
Muzaffargarh
Dera Ghazi Khan
Rahim Yar Khan
Rajanpur
Rawalpindi
Gujrat
Jhelum
M.B. Din
Sialkot
Narowal
Hafizabad Gujranwala
Lahore
Attock
Khushab Sargodha
Faisalabad
Bahawalnagar
Pakpattan
Okara
Mianwali
D.G. Khan Muzaff-argarh
Khanewal Sahiwal
Multan
Lodhran
Vehari
Bahawalpur
Rajanpur
Rahimyar Khan
Layyah
Jhang
Bhakkar
Chakwal
Shekhupura
Nankana
Sahib
Chiniot
T.T.
Singh
Kasur
Enrolment of 5-9 year-olds, Percent
Above 90%
80-84%
85-90% Below 80%
SOURCE: Nielsen Household Survey December 2012 20

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Student attendance has reached a new high, above the 2013
target
% of students attending school each day
86.8
Apr.
2012
May
2012
87.9
Sep.
2012
88.4
89.3
Nov.
2012
Dec.
2012
Oct.
2012
92.1
83.3
79.0
Sep.
2011
82.8
Baseline
85.4
86.3
Mar.
2012
86.7
Feb.
2012
87.3
Jan.
2012
87.1
Dec.
2011
83.2
Nov.
2011
Oct.
2011
Target trajectory
SOURCE: PMIU
March 2013 target: 90%

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A further 1,000,000 children
attending school everyday since
the Roadmap began

23. Made some progress not
close to trajectory
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1. STUDENT ATTENDANCE
32 districts are on or above trajectory
Dec 2012 – student attendance vs. trajectories
District Performance Target Delta
Green
Nankana Sahib
Bahawalnagar
Gujrat
Jhelum
Sargodha
Faisalabad
Pakpattan
T.T. Singh
D.G. Khan
Jhang
Rawalpindi
Mandi Baha Ud Din
Sheikhupura
Lahore
Khushab
Okara
Multan
Sialkot
Khanewal
Attock
Bahawalpur
Chakwal
Chiniot
Vehari
Hafizabad
Lodhran
Sahiwal
Muzaffargarh
Kasur
Rahimyar Khan
Narowal
Mianwali
Amber Green
Gujranwala
Layyah
Bhakkar
Rajanpur
SOURCE: PMIU
92.0
94.7
94.5
94.4
94.4
94.4
90.4
95.1
85.5
93.9
93.9
93.7
93.6
93.4
93.2
94.8
92.5
92.6
93.0
92.4
92.3
93.8
91.8
91.7
91.7
91.7
92.3
88.3
91.2
88.5
89.7
89.7
89.4
88.6
89.1
78.5
86.3
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90
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90
90
86.2
90.9
81.4
90
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90
92
89.7
90
90.4
90
90.2
91.8
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90
90
90
90.7
87.1
90
87.6
88.9
89.4
90
89.3
90
Amber Red
84.3
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-0.6
-0.8
-0.9
4.5
5.8
4.4
4.4
4.4
4.2
4.2
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.7
3.6
3.4
2.8
2.7
2.6
2.6
2.4
2.1
2.0
1.8
1.7
1.7
1.6
1.2
1.2
0.9
0.8
0.3
1.7
3.2
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On or above trajectory
Close to trajectory
Significantly off track
T.T
Singh
Khanewal
Bahawalpur
Rajanpur
Bahawalnagar
D.G. Khan
Rahimyar Khan
Rawalpindi
Bhakkar
Layyah
Jhelum
Attock
Muzaff-argarh
Khushab
Chakwal
Gujrat
Jhang
M.B . Din
Chiniot
Sahiwal
Lodhran
Vehari
Okara
Kasur
Narowal
Sialkot
HafizabadGujranwala
Sheikhupura
Lahore
Pakpattan
Multan
Faisalabad
Nankana
Sahib
Sargodha
Mianwali

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Facilities is at a new high, 1.1% short of the 2013 target
Availability and functioning of facilities
% functioning electricity, drinking water, toilet and boundary walls
Target trajectory
SOURCE: PMIU
90.9
Dec.
2012
Nov.
2012
85.2
84.4
Jan.
2012
83.5
Dec.
2011
81.0
Nov.
2011
78.2
Oct.
2011
75.1
Sep.
2011
Base
line
90.4
89.4
Oct.
2012
89.7
Sept.
2012
87.8
May
2012
87.0
Apr.
2012
86.1
Mar.
2012
Feb.
2012
68.9
March 2013 target: 92%

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Around 3,000,000 children have
benefited from these additional
facilities

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Teacher presence is at a new high, above the 2013 target
Teacher presence
% of teachers present at time of inspection
Target trajectory
SOURCE: PMIU
5.1
90.2
89.2
87.2
Oct.
2012
Dec.
2012
Sep.
2012
88.3
Jan.
2012
86.5
Dec.
2011
84.7
Nov.
2011
83.2
Oct.
2011
84.7
Sep.
2011
Baseline
87.3
88.6
86.0
80.7
88.2
May
2012
Apr.
2012
1.1
87.5
Mar.
2012
92.1
91.0
Nov.
2012
Feb.
2012
March 2013 target: 90%

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37,000 extra teachers attend
school every day

28. 28
The teacher quality pilots had a major impact in one month
Percentage of teachers in sample who were …
… teaching using
activities
… asking questions
to check learning
… using a lesson
plan
56
17
+39
Sept Oct
64
33
+31
Sept Oct
80
53
+27
Sept Oct
NOTE: The above are just three of the twelve indicators used to evaluate and mentor teachers during the pilot

29. 29
In April every child in Punjab will receive new textbooks in
line with the 2006 national curriculum

30. The Roadmap has resulted in a large increase in the number
of children from poor families receiving vouchers
Number of children receiving vouchers
‘000s
2 5 12 18
40
140
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

31. The Lessons

32. The twelve lessons of the Punjab
Roadmap
To boldly go The brutal facts Never relent
Lesson 1: Be ambitious
Lesson 2: Set clear
goals
Lesson 3: Prepare, plan
and get on with it; you
can refine it as you go
Lesson 4: Establish
routines that work
Lesson 5: The
conversation must be
honest
Lesson 6: Know
what’s really
happening
Lesson 7: Refine
constantly but don’t
compromise
Lesson 8: Create
momentum
Lesson 9: Persist
Lesson 10: Build a guiding
coalition
Lesson 11: Focus on the
change that’s
needed…Work back from
there to the money
Lesson 12: When all else
fails in Pakistan, you can
always talk about cricket

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We must lay the groundwork for a
new kind of knowledge, what
some have called a ‘science of
delivery’, that countries will use to
meet the demands of their people
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank

34. The Next Steps

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The visionary leaders in countries
such as Pakistan … want their
province or country to succeed
and ultimately to do so without
any dependence on aid.