Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP), Pakistan

This program aims at increasing and sustaining student enrollment in schools in selected marginalized districts by developing school environments that are conducive to teaching and learning. It's major achievements were replacing, upgrading, and enlarging schools damaged or destroyed by 2010 floods; training construction companies in USAID regulations and standards; funding of new school construction by GoS; improving education policies and service delivery; enhancing GoS capacity for private sector engagement to improve education service delivery. The program also targeted gender equality and increased enrollment of girls in schools by: creating primary and secondary coed schools, including more women teachers; increasing women participation in school management committees; reducing the gap of secondary school opportunities for girls by upgrading primary schools to the secondary level; addressing the needs of girls and the disabled with gender-friendly infrastructure; awarding concession agreements to improve public school operations and enhance student achievements.