OBJECTIVE 3: STRENGTHEN POLICIES, DELIVERY MECHANISMS AND OUTCOMES IN KEY SOCIAL AREAS INCLUDING EDUCATION AND COMBATING OF HIV AND AIDS AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Expected output Required Action as specified in PoA Time frame Progress Improved effectiveness and efficiency of the education system at all levels Develop a strategy to encourage more students, especially female, enrollment in mathematics and science in secondary schools Ongoing The public and private sector, as well as civil organizations, continue to run bursary programmes that recruit mathematics and science students, especially female students. Teacher training implementation of the National Policy Framework for the Teacher Education Ongoing Remarks The Girls Education Movement Programme to ensure sustained access to and retention in both primary and secondary schools. The Continued Professional Teacher Development (PCTD) Management System has been introduced as an intervention at 144 schools nationwide Teacher Resource Centres have been established in every Department of Education region To increase the number of teachers, the government is currently implementing the National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development, through the Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme and the Teacher Recruitment Campaign. By August 2010, the bursary Scheme had disbursed R400million to support 9200 student teachers. 81

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