MEHRD with key stakeholders completes the Validation Workshop on the National Education Action Plan 2022-2026
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has successfully completed the validation workshop on the National Education Action Plan (NEAP) 2022-2026 mid-term review report.
The workshop, held at Mendana Hotel on Friday, 7th March 2025, brought together key stakeholders, including government officials, provincial government, education providers, private and church education providers, institutions, school boards, and non-government organizations.
Organized by MEHRD and development partners, the validation workshop was to review key findings and recommendations presented in a report drawn from NEAP mid-term review sessions conducted between 7th October and 8th November last year.
The report presents recommendations aimed at enhancing the remaining period of NEAP 2022-2026 and providing direction for the final phase of the Education Strategic Framework (2016-2030).
Permanent Secretary Dr. Franco Rodie emphasizes the importance of providing a critical review of the findings and recommendations to make well-informed decisions in addressing readiness and implementation gaps presented in the report.
He highlighted that one of the key recommendations that stands out in the report is addressing the readiness and implementation gap in NEAP.
He said while notable progress has been made in strengthening education management and improving teaching quality, the successful execution of these initiatives depends on the readiness of MEHRD and its stakeholders.
He said the gaps are evident in areas such as human resources capacity, organizational readiness, system development, and the effective utilization of technical assistance.
To address these gaps, Dr. Rodie proposed a short-term strategy, leveraging Global Partnership for Education (GPE) funds for system transformation and a long-term strategy (extending NEAP to 2030).
UNICEF Education Specialist Abdiweli Osman Mohamed acknowledges the leadership of MEHRD, DFAT, and MFAT for taking the initiative to revisit the plan to ensure MEHRD priorities are efficient, relevant, and effective.
He said the recommendations in the report need a lot of decisions from MEHRD leadership to come up with an action plan.
Among other key recommendations highlighted during the validation workshop includes communication strategy, coordination between MEHRD and development partners, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) implementation, Solomon Islands Education Management Information System (SIEMIS) implementation and the need for costing of the NEAP and its risk.
In a way forward, the NEAP MTR team will collate the validation workshop outcomes and consolidate them into a document. The consolidated document will be shared with the key stakeholders for further review before submitting it to the Senior Management Team for endorsement so it becomes the final report of the NEAP.
The NEAP 2022–2026 is the second five-year education sector plan designed to support the fifteen-year Education Strategic Framework 2016–2030 (ESF 2016–2030), and it is now in its third year of implementation.
-MEHRD Press Release