Request support on coordination, information management, capacity development or other education in emergencies areas.
Demande de soutien en coordination, gestion de l’information, développement des capacités et autres domaines de l'éducation en situation d'urgence.
لطلب الدعم في مجال التنسيق ، إدارة المعلومات ، تنمية القدرات أو في اي مجال من مجالات التعليم في مناطق الطوارئ
Solicitar apoyo en coordinación, gestión de la información, desarrollo de capacidades u otra áreas en educación en emergencias.
The Global Education Cluster is committed to ensuring that country clusters have the resources and capacities they need to carry out relevant needs assessments and analysis. Through its resources for robust needs assessment and analysis, the GEC strengthens humanitarian actors’ capacity to ensure an evidence-based response.
Strengthening the capacity of country education clusters to conduct assessments and analysis is critical to help:
- Identify, understand, and estimate the education needs of affected populations, notably children
- Enable informed decision-making, to support the prioritization of activities and geographical areas
- Support advocacy efforts to ensure education needs are prioritized
Explore a selection of GEC-developed tools and resources aimed at helping clusters conduct relevant needs assessments and analysis:
Needs Assessment Package: It compiles a set of resources that provide Education Cluster teams and partners with key tools and guidance to run Needs Assessments, including templates, checklists, guidance notes, tip sheets, technical briefs and examples from country clusters. These resources are essential for designing, implementing, and coordinating education specific needs assessments.
The GEC Guide to Coordinated Education in Emergencies Needs Assessments and Analysis is part of the Needs Assessment Package and is a practical tool focusing on Joint Education Needs Assessments. It is divided into six chapters and covers every step of the assessment process in detail, from identifying key decisions and conducting secondary data reviews to harmonizing assessments, engaging in multi-sector analyses, and strengthening needs assessment preparedness.
Consultations with Children: Children’s participation in Needs Assessments is critical for truly understanding their education needs – who better to tell us about the lives of children than boys and girls themselves? Children's participation is part of the Needs Assessment Package, and this Quick Guide for Child Participation in Needs Assessment is a great place to start for a step-by-step overview of how to consult with children. Practical tools and templates for consulting with children are available, including a ToR, discussion guide, consent form, and sampling tool. For more information, see Accountability to Children webpage (coming soon).
Minimum Training Package: This package has been developed to equip data collection teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to undertake education needs assessments, notably school surveys, once the data collection is ready to be launched. This package is your go-to resource for essential skills and knowledge, making the training process straightforward and accessible to any team. It includes a pre-training checklist, a training agenda and power point templates, as well as a resource folder.
GEC School Survey Question Bank: A comprehensive, structured question bank which aims at supporting the use of standardized and high-quality school-level indicators, but also at enabling timely, in-depth analysis of education. It covers all education in emergencies domains and information areas (13), as well as the Child Protection Area of Interest – Protection risks (6).
CP-EiE assessment framework: This resource provides a structured assessment framework enabling education and child protection clusters to assess and prioritize interlinked education and protection information needs. It contains examples of common key decisions, information needs, indicators, secondary data sources, and primary data collection instructions and recommendations. Examples of joint education and child protection needs assessments can be found here.
School Severity Assessment (SSA): A tool to help Education Cluster teams get an overview of the state of education by gathering key school-level information. It is designed to support the prioritization process, including People in Need estimation, cluster strategy, and advocacy efforts.
Multisectoral Needs Assessment (MSNAs): REACH-facilitated MSNAs include a set of core education indicators designed at global level based on research and annual lessons learned. Questions and answers can be contextualized at the country level, based on discussions between the REACH teams and the Education Clusters and relying on global guidance. MSNAs collect individual-level data and provide an overview of children’s educational status and needs. Education Clusters can use MSNA indicators to feed into the planification and prioritization process, including People in Need estimation.
