EPSSim

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• EPSSim
• Education Policy Strategy Simulation
• To Support National Education Policy Development,
  Planning, Costing, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Raphaelle Martinez UNESCO Division of
  Education Strategies and Capacity Building
• Section for Policy Analysis and Strategies
  r.martinez_at_unesco.org

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WHAT IS EPSSim?

• Education Policy and Strategy Simulation
• Excel run model
• Generic model
• Sector-wide modelling tool
• All simulations are carried out by level and by
  category of inputs
• Disaggregated information/projections
• Contains a number of exercises, modules
  utilities

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EPSSim aligning PLANNING SIMULATION
STEPS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING The system is ANALYZED (Diagnosis) The future is EXPLORED / DEFINED (Prognosis/Policy Formulation) The work is PLANNED (Action Planning) The progress/result is REVIEWED (Assessment, ME) STEPS/COMPONENTS OF EPSSim BASELINE DATA INFO (Data input) POLICY ASSUMPTIONS (Decision/independant variables) PROJECTION RESULTS (Dependant variables) INDICATORS (to indicate the path from current to future development)
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EPSSIM SIMPLIFIED STRUCTURE
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ORIGIN OF EPSSim

• Designed in 2001to support national education
  systems in the formulation of credible education
  sector plans
• Later adopted as a UN-wide education support tool

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SIMULATION RESULTS

• Human resources, instructional material and
  infrastructure requirements per year
• Costs (recurrent and capital) per sub sector
• Domestic (public and private) and external
  contributions (expenditure framework)
• Financing gaps

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DIFFERENT SCENARIOS TO INFORM POLICY DIALOGUE...
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EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK
INPUTS Quantity Costs Costs Costs Costs Costs Total
INPUTS Quantity 2008 2010 2012 2015 2020 Total
Staff costs
Teacher salaries
Managerial staff
Other personnel
Capacity development
Non-salary recurrent costs
Instructional materials
Teaching aids
Maintenance
School feeding
Capital/development costs
New classrooms
New other rooms
Equipment furniture
Reconstruction
Total costs
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APPLICATIONS Of EPSSim Different policy and
planning contexts

• Sector Planning and/or EFA- FTI
• Decentralized education system support
• Sector policies and strategies reform
• Research

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Sector Planning and/or EFA-FTI
Algeria School Flow Management Policy dialogue between ministries and articulation in development of copulsory, higher and technical/vocational education
Moldova Development of Early Childhood Education with FTI CF CB in policy dialogue- Planning and design of resource framework in favour of ECE development
Mongolia Development of Master Plan Sector Wide master planning and SWAp for Goverment-led donor coordination
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Decentralized eductation systems
Argentina Policy resource frameworks in line with national goals Policy options for increased resource allocations for disadvantaged CB
Nigeria State education plans in conformity with national policy Ed. Sector Analysis - 10 yr plans in 6 states - CB
Mozambique Decentralized plans at provincial district levels CB Local actions planned to implement the national plan. Preparation of the national plan ( reform measures)
Sudan CB in planning, ME at federal and state levels CB in stats, policy dialogue, planning, and ME Coordination of Ministries
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Sector Policies and Strategies Reform
Croatia Serbia Alignment of Existing Policies with EU Standards Review of the education policies CB in policy elaboration and programme ME
Niger NFE Policy Formulation Development of policy and strategy for non formal education
Ecuador Development of Pro-Poor Policy within the Sector Plan Design of policy options to induce minorities and to provide adequate support
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Research

• GMR 2010 Reaching and Teaching the Most
  Marginalised
• Estimating the funding gaps as well as external
  financing necessary to achieve EFA goals at
  country level 3 case studies
• Identifying country specific policy options and
  gauging the cost implications of addressing the
  marginalization in a sector wide perspective

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• Numerous modelling approaches and tools are
  coexisting
• INESM brings together diversity of tools,
  expertise and experiences related to ESMs
  developed for various contexts and purposes of
  strategic and operational education planning

INESM Inter-agency Network on Education Simulatio
n Models A clearinghouse www.unesco.org/educati
on/en/inesm
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• THANK YOU
• Your questions about EPSSim epssim_at_unesco.org