[{"bbox": [146, 151, 1084, 285], "category": "Text", "text": "targeting for bursaries, and with SEN education integrated into teacher professional development. Data on SEN students is not reliable, and efforts may be undertaken to strengthen this, within the EMIS, and school based monitoring systems. Children with disabilities are less likely to transition to secondary school, facing multiple, intersectional barriers. Consideration will be given to how complementary measures can help to address these barriers."}, {"bbox": [146, 296, 1084, 378], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will be in line with the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, and the EU Guidance Note Disability inclusion in EU external action, including difficulties of access and adapted materials."}, {"bbox": [146, 388, 393, 417], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Reduction of inequalities"}, {"bbox": [146, 427, 1084, 642], "category": "Text", "text": "The reduction of inequalities is at the heart of this Action, with a strong focus on rebalancing current inequity in secondary education financing, and ensuring that the focus on secondary education expansion gives priority to those schools and areas that serve the poor, marginalised communities, particularly in underserved rural areas, possibly including asylum seekers and refugee settings. The Action will align with other partner support to the sector, including from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), which focuses on addressing equitable quality basic education, including early childhood. By addressing broader sector financing and teacher management issues, the Action can have a broader impact on inequalities in education service delivery."}, {"bbox": [146, 653, 261, 681], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Democracy"}, {"bbox": [146, 691, 1084, 800], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will support the consolidation of democracy in Malawi, which has been progressing positively. Through the General Conditions, the Budget Support is seeking to consolidate a steady process of macroeconomic recovery, and to accompany solid reforms that seek to increase transparency and participation to budget planning and execution, and to eradicate corruption."}, {"bbox": [146, 810, 1084, 918], "category": "Text", "text": "Through the education component of the Action, improving quality and effectiveness of secondary education, will in time contribute to eliminate marginalisation, exclusion and inequalities – all of them solid barriers to democratic progress. The role of education in creating citizens that are informed and able to fully exercise their democratic rights is also crucial."}, {"bbox": [146, 928, 1084, 1010], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition, the Action will support better governance systems at local level and in the sector overall. The sector coordination / dialogue structures will be inclusive of all partners (e.g. civil society, teacher unions) to gain consensus on reform agenda and implementation."}, {"bbox": [146, 1020, 537, 1049], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [146, 1059, 1084, 1141], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will support the consolidation of peace and resilience in Malawi. The Budget Support is seeking to consolidate a steady process of macroeconomic recovery and advance secondary education, both being key drivers to consolidate peace and resilience."}, {"bbox": [146, 1151, 1084, 1392], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will align with other EU support enhancing climate resilience, including through education infrastructure, and local / school and community responses, possibly also targeting asylum seekers, refugees and surrounding host communities. By improving school management and ensuring improved financing for schools, the Action will enhance capacity for local decision making. Malawi has a National Disaster Preparedness plan, with a National Education Contingency plan under the Education Cluster, which can inform adaptation and responses where appropriate. However, the lack of a longer-term plan to address the impact of climate change on the education sector should be included in sector dialogue to which the EU will contribute. This is also part of the planning and dialogue under GPE support."}, {"bbox": [146, 1402, 387, 1429], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [146, 1441, 1084, 1550], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will be working with the Ministry of Education in improving the financing of secondary schools and in strengthening school management's capacities in planning and financial management. School improvement plans (the planning document developed at school level), are expected to include elements related to DRR (preparedness and response), in particular in at risks areas."}, {"bbox": [966, 1681, 1084, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 29"}]