The main areas of interventions by UNESCO:
- Policy development;
- Quality improvement (professional development of teachers and administrators; monitoring and evaluation);
- Advocacy and communication through research and evidence-based information dissemination;
- Capacity building of Ministry of Education and provincial education staff.
Proposed UNESCO interventions:
- Early childhood education development;
- Literacy and numeracy development;
- Inclusive/special education;
- Quality education through the professional development of personnel.
Major development partners active in education and broad areas of intervention:
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF):
- Child-friendly schools;
- Life skills training;
- Universal access to basic education;
- Early childhood development;
- Child Protection programme including public awareness activities and production of materials;
- Maths, music and PE volunteers in primary schools.
The Australian Agency for International Development (Aus Aid):
- Access to primary education in Vanuatu;
- Supports Vanuatu's plans to phase-out school fees for Government funded primary schools by 2012;
- Funds 233 Australian Scholarship places;
- Supports technical and vocational education and training.
Japan:
- Volunteers, and a volunteer coordinator;
- Strengthening of primary maths teaching, through teacher-training, teacher manuals and train the trainers;
- A small grants scheme for classroom construction and furnishings in 2005.
New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID):
- Provision of school grants for children in years one to six to replace fees paid by parents and encourage more children to attend school;
- Building classrooms and water tanks;
- Providing reading books and stationery to primary schools;
- Supporting development of a national curriculum and curriculum standards;
- Supporting Vanuatu Rural Development Training Centres Association for vocational training of rural youth;
- Funding scholarships for study at New Zealand and Pacific tertiary institutions.
Peace Corps
- Partnership to train and provide field-based support for early childhood literacy teachers and develop diagnostic assessments, local materials (with EduTrain support);
- Partnership to strengthen RTCs.
The World Bank (WB):
- Supports the improvement of knowledge, experience and basic employment skills that are valued in the workplace and society.
Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs):
- Protection of women and children;
- Advocacy for disabled people;
- Preschools;
- Community development;
- Small-scale income generation;
- Reproductive health issues and youth.
