Independent Expert of Education Management Organization (IBA Sukkur) for School Education & Literacy Department, Government of Sindh.

The School Education & Literacy Department (Government of Sindh) has outsourced the operation and management of selected government schools to private sector Education Management Organizations (EMOs) under a public-private arrangement.

In the fourth phase of this intervention under the cluster based approach, IBA Sukkur University (IBASU) has been handed over 16 government schools in Sukkur and ten (10) government schools in Larkana.

This intervention has the overall objective of improving the quality of governance and accountability in the education sector by strengthening the school-level systems, planning, and implementation, in order to improve student learning, achievement, and health. As the Independent Expert jointly appointed by IBASU and the Government of Sindh, AASA Consulting is tasked with monitoring the performance of IBASU at these schools, tracking the progress made against each KPI, and facilitating all parties to ensure the success of the intervention.

AASA Consulting’s scope of work for this study includes (a) reviewing, reporting and certifying all activities associated with the fulfillment of KPIs to the Government of Sindh, IBASU and the Independent Auditor; (b) facilitating IBASU in the development of Annual Management Plans; (c) supporting IBASU and the Government of Sindh in designing of the reporting and other Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) tools; (d) reviewing and approving the employment criteria for staff to be hired for the project; (e) reviewing and approving the parameters for the Training Needs Assessment (TNA) of the staff; and (f) submitting report to the all relevant parties on the progress of KPIs. This is a five-year year assignment, further renewable for an additional five years.