We promote and advocate for transparency and accountability in providing quality education.
Our approach to increasing government and stakeholders’ responsiveness and accountability involves working with oversight bodies and other civil society organizations to improve the planning processes and influence the approval and expenditure of public resources/budgets for education.
Transparency and Accountability in Education Budgeting
We engage MPs before, during, and after the budgeting process to influence education budget allocation, approval, and disbursement. We conduct pre- and post-budget surveys and share the findings with MPs to inform them of their discussions during budget sessions.
Enhanced District and School Leadership
Once budgets are approved, we focus on oversight bodies, such as Local Government Authorities (LGA’s), head teachers, and school committees, building their capacity to understand policies and budgets and their roles in implementing them.
Communities holding schools and leaders accountable
HakiElimu works through citizens/Friends of Education who implement Social Accountability Monitoring (SAM) and Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) to monitor accountability levels and specifically the utilization of resources allocated by the government against funding spent on planned education activities to combat resource misuse.
Partnership and Collaboration
HakiElimu strengthens partnership and collaboration with like-minded CSOs to advocate for access to information, policy change, and amendment of repressive laws. We work with national and international CSOs to promote and embrace national, regional, and international joint learning initiatives amongst CSOs to strengthen capacity and influence policy. HakiElimu is leveraging its expertise to support shared learning and capacity building at the national and regional levels. We are leading several learning networks, such as the Regional Education Learning Initiative (RELI) and Coalition of Good Schools (CoGS). We are also the current Chair of the Policy Forum Budget Working Group.
Our Focus on Transparency and Accountability;-
- Access to information, freedom of expression, and association.
- Citizen participation in the budget processes.
- Budget openness through timely publication of budget documents.
- Policy planning and implementation reflecting citizens’ priorities.
- Resource allocation in the education sector is to reflect international commitment ratified by the government.