MoPSLSW —E-Learning

Roles and Responsibilities

Role of District Social Development Officer (DSDO)

District Education Officer (DEO)

The primary responsibility of the District Education Officer’ (DEO) is to ensure that schools receive and manage BEAM assistance in conformity with the BEAM Operational Manual
In addition to reporting to the BMU and MPSE the DEO shall keep the Local Authority informed of BEAM implementation. The DEO will be expected to
Ensure that the CSCs are formed and are functioning
Check the Prioritized Master Lists of beneficiaries at schools and the final selection by CSCs to ensure that they are consistent with the hard budget constraint of each school and the fee levels approved by the MPSE
Submit such lists to BMU with copies to the respective Regional Director of Education and the Local Authority for their information
Monitor and supervise the implementation of BEAM and provide feedback to BMU and MPSE; Verify whether disbursement is being done timely

Role and functions of communities and CSCs

Communities will elect the CSC and participate in the beneficiary nomination process
Coordinate the dissemination of BEAM IEC material in the community
Facilitate collation of child nominations by different stakeholders encouraging broad participation
Convene a meeting for the production of the prioritized BEAM Master List
Inform the community on the selected beneficiaries to enhance transparency and accountability
Prepare and submit to the BMU via the school head and DEO approved lists of beneficiaries
Monitor school attendance by the beneficiaries
Convene termly programme review meetings to receive reports from school authorities on school attendance and challenges encountered by the BEAM beneficiaries in their learning

Role and functions of communities and CSCs

Convene termly programme review meetings to receive reports from school authorities on school attendance and challenges encountered by the BEAM beneficiaries in their learning
Liaise with complementary programmes to ensure BEAM beneficiaries access other needs that improve their learning
Engage relevant NGOs to promote economic strengthening of BEAM beneficiary households;
Engage parents/guardians of BEAM beneficiaries to build and ensure their preparedness for graduating out of the programme; and
Maintain records and minutes of meetings in forms specially provided for that purpose and avail the same for inspection by monitoring teams

Program Monitoring Considerations