Draft MESVTEE Joint Annual Review Programme (27-29 May2015)

Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia

Theme: “Progress on the Implementation of the revised Primary and Secondary Curriculum”

Day One: JAR 2015
Time / Agenda Items / Presenter(s) / Chairperson
08:00-08:30
08:30-08:45 / Registration / JAR Secretariat
Welcoming Remarks / Mr Chishimba Nkosha- Permanent Secretary / Mr. NKanza – Permanent Secretary
08:45-09:00 / Civil Society Remarks / Mrs. Dorothy Kasanda – PCC Chairperson
09:00-09:15 / Co-operating Partners’ Remarks / DFID Representative
09:15-09:45 / Official Opening / The Hon. Minister Dr. Michael Kaingu
09:45-10:00 / Objectives of the Joint and Annual Review Recap of outcomes of JAR 2014and progress on agreed priorities (Aide memoire matrix) – Presentation / Dr. Patrick Nkanza -Permanent Secretary
10: 00-10:30 / Tea/Coffee Break
10:30 –11:15 / Review of 2014 Sector Performance: / Director, Planning
General overview of performance based on the Strategic Performance Framework (PAF) -– Presentation / Mr Chishimba Nkosha- Permanent Secretary
11:15 – 12:40 / Presentation by Directorates (10 minutes each)
a) Science and Technology
b) Planning and Information(includes 7th SNDP and NIF III updates)
c) Standards and Curriculum
d) DODE
e) TESS
f) Higher Education
g) TEVET
h) HRA
12:40-14:00 / Lunch
14: 00-15:00 / i) Reports from Financial and Procurement Reports
j) Report on OBB / Chief Accountant and Head of Procurement
15:00 – 15:30 / PER and PETS/QSDS Presentation
Q&A on all financial elements / World Bank representative
15:30 – 16:00 / Tea Break
16:00 –16:45 / Civil Society analysis of sector performance / ZANEC chair
Q&A
16:45 – 17:15 / GMR EFA Presentation / UNESCO Regional Office
17:15-18:15 / Open Space Innovations Marketplace ( MESVTEE HQ, PEO, Districts, Universities, TEVETA, ECZ, NGOs present their interventions/programs, best practices)
18:30-20:00 / COCKTAIL / ON INVITATION
Day 2: JAR 2014
Time / Agenda Items / Presenter(s) / Chairperson
08:30-08:45 / Recap of previous day / Senior Planning Officers / ??
08:45-09:15 / Field Visits Presentations
Video Presentation of stakeholder’s views on implementation of the curriculum / EBS
09:15-09:45 / Report back on field visit with Q&A / Provincial leads (MESVTEE)
09:45-10.30 / Student Presentations
1 boy and 1 girl from secondary and 1 child with disabilities- possibly 1 child from primary (gr 7) / 4 pupils in total
10:30-10:45 / Coffee Break
Colleges of Education – how they affect the curriculum / Colleges of ed representative
10:45 – 11:30 / Purpose of assignment
Outline of draft optional costed scenarios presented with rational for each option / MESVTEE/ ZESSTA
11:30 – 13:00 / Group work – discuss on each option and rank order of options by practicality of delivery / ZESSTA team
13:00 – 14:00 / LUNCH
14.00- 15:30 / Feedback by group – one spokesperson (on prepared PPT template?)
Q&A / ZESSTA team
15:30- 16.00 / Another group work?? / ZESSTA team
16:00-17.00 / Agreement on ranking of option and the way forward / ZESSTA team
Day Three: JAR 2014
Time / Agenda Items / Presenter(s) / Chairperson
08.00-08.30 / Recap of previous day / Senior Planning Officers / PS – Nkanza
8:30 – 8.50 / PEO led session on best practice in management at provincial/district/school level / PEOs from North-western and Western (10 minutes each)
9.00 – 10.00 / Group work - 10 groups one for each province.
  1. Review the 9 other fact sheets of activities from PEOs that work in improving management at all 3 levels
  2. Decide if any will be useful in the province, or could be modified to work
  3. Come up with 3-5 new actions that will be implemented in 2015 and those that will be budgeted for in 2016 (using a pre-given template)
/ PEO to lead discussions
10.00-10.30 / Plenary: to have all 10 provinces report back on the template – 3 minutes each
10:30-11:00 / Tea/Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 / Review last year’s recommendations from the Aide Memoire and combine with this year’s to have new plan of key actions for 2015/16. Want to identify the top 3 actions for 2015
Group work (n previous day’s group)
Objective: to take out what is not relevant for 2015 and identity 3 key actions to take forward to the HLM as priority. / By groups- facilitator / PS Nkanza
12:00-13:00 / Plenary discussion and agreement on top 3 actions of JAR 2015 (and actions for AM)
Objective: have a prioritised and implementable list (short) for the next year / Director – DPI
13:00 – 13:30 / Closing remarks and way forward / Hon. Minister – Dr. Kaingu
13:30 / Lunch

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