The Jordan Education Initiative: A Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Model to Support Education Reform

Abstract

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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“…The PMO was a neutral party between the public and private partners and facilitates programs and discussions. An evaluation conducted by Bannayan et al (2012) concluded that the JEI "represents a successful model of an international PPP in the education sector". Two dimensions of the initiative's sustainability that could have led to its success were identified: first, continuous monitoring and support of ongoing interventions, and second, financial sustainability from functioning as a locally owned organization with funds from external partners which enabled it to continue and scale up the initiative.…”

“…There are few rigorous evaluations that have been conducted on the JEI by neutral third parties, and the Bannayan et al (2012) report which was commissioned by the World Bank recommends a critical third-party impact evaluation in the future phases. Due to lack of planning, an evaluation framework was not embedded in the program design, resulting in no baseline data, no data on the program's impact outside of student achievement and no control groups.…”