Professor Bulawa unpacks ETSSP

Mmegi: Help us understand Education and Training Sector Strategic Plan (ETSSP) and multiple pathways as solutions to the current education crisis.

Bulawa: Briefly, the ETSSP is a reform aimed at transforming education by addressing some key policy goals including, improvement of access, quality, inclusion and equity, accountability and governance in the education system. It is supposed to provide an overall policy and strategic sector framework for the education sector such that it will have the capacity to play a fundamental role in the development of a modern, sustainable, knowledge-based economy that supports inclusiveness and diversity (ETSSP, 2015). ETSSP’s priority programmes and interventions are intended to strengthen students’ acquisition of relevant knowledge and skills.