MEC Monitoring the Education Sector in Afghanistan - 2nd Quarterly Report, Oct 2018
This 2nd Quarterly Monitoring Report is dedicated to detailing the status of each of MEC’s 113 recommendations. In the second quarter of MEC’s monitoring, no additional recommendations were determined to be fully implemented. The recommendations that MEC has determines to be fully implemented in the 1st quarter of monitoring are mainly related to IARCSC’s recruitment of teaching positions, with a small number of recommendations directly related to MoE actions. Progress against the recommendations includes transparency measures such as announcing all positions through online, receiving online applications, digitalizing recruitment, and announcing the list of applicants and shortlisted candidates.
Another notable area of progress regards the restructuring of MoE and reduction of the overall size of the Ministry. MoE has developed and finalized a detailed Reform Plan and prepared Concept Notes for restructuring various elements of the Ministry. This includes, for example, shifting responsibility from MoE for the construction of rural schools to the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Rural Development and urban schools to the Ministry of Urban Development.