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Coordinated Policy & Leadership

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Coordinated policy and leadership at the most senior levels are required if comprehensive approaches and programs as well as specific policies on specific aspects or problems are to be effective. This operational capacity  is needed across and between ministries. Further, the policies established at the ministry level should include tri-level (intra-ministry) applications at the ministry, local agency/district level and at the school level.Senior leaders (Ministers, Deputy Ministers, senior managers) at the ministry (and agency level) should actively support the implementation, maintenance, scale up and sustainability of the approaches and programs being used in the jurisdiction. These supports across all ministries can include:
  • Ministers leading in the adoption and review of macro-policies on the approach or program
  • Deputy Ministers signing off on annual or multi-year action plans/strategies
  • Deputy Ministers receiving regular reports on the implementation of the action plans
  • Deputy Ministers designating a senior official in their respective ministries as the lead person within their ministry
  • Ministers or Deputy Ministers participating in any major announcements, conferences or meetings
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How to Implement, Maintain, Scale Up, Sustain, Build Capacity, Leverage to Support Core Components.


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Understand the Approach/ Program & Its Effectiveness in Different Contexts on Different Aspects of HPSD, Populations


How to Implement, Maintain, Scale Up, Sustain, Build Capacity, Leverage to Support Core Components.


How to integrate within Education Systems

Use of Ecological/ Systems Approach



Research Questions/
KDE Agenda
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