CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview

1.2 Purpose of the Environmental and Social Management Framework

The activities of the ZSEP encompasses: The proposed intervention will focus on four main outputs namely: (i) Improved access to and equity in secondary education; (ii) Improved quality of secondary education; (iii) Capacity Building for the education system; and (iv) HIV/AIDS, Gender and Environmental Awareness and Sensitization.

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  The construction of ten senior secondary schools, eight of these are located in rural areas and will therefore include hostel accommodation (100 spaces for males and 100 spaces for females) and staff housing (10 Staff houses). The other two are located in urban areas and will not require residential facilities but will be larger (24 classrooms as compared to 12 classrooms) and will be required to be multi-storey buildings due to the shortage of land.
  

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  The construction of nine junior secondary schools (Forms I to IV) with 4 located on Pemba and 5 located on Unguja. Two of these (one on each island) will be in urban areas and will be required to be multi-storey buildings. Three of the schools on Unguja and one of those on Pemba will be 8-classroom schools; the remainder will be 12-classroom.
  

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  The construction of a new teacher training college on Pemba. This will have very similar accommodation to a senior secondary school – 12 classrooms, 3 science laboratories, 1 computer laboratory, multipurpose hall, library, 200 hostel spaces and 10 staff houses, - plus ancillary facilities.
  

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  The rehabilitation of three schools on Pemba and three schools in Stone Town. The rationale for the selection of these schools is that they represent the more complex secondary schools – multi-storey construction, difficult sites, and historic buildings.
  

In order to increase the supply of teachers especially for Pemba, the project will support Construction of a new facility for Benjamin Mkapa Teacher Training College in Pemba. Other components will focus on Quality Improvement through provision of inputs aimed at improving the quality of education through provision of textbooks, reference books, equipment, and training of teachers through both pre-service and in-service training and improving the capacity of the teacher training institutions. To enhance the quality of teaching at the secondary level, the project will provide support for pre-service and in-service training of teachers over a five year period.

1.3 Principles of the ESMF

The ESMF has been prepared on the basis of the following principles.

Firstly, this ESMF, and the World Bank safeguard policies, are taken as an opportunity to contribute to the objectives of the projects, and their intended development of Zanzibar’s policy on environment through the application of the World Bank safeguard policy on Environmental Assessment. Secondly, sustainable development is the underlying philosophy to the National environmental Policy (NEP) of Zanzibar. Therefore this ESMF is designed in order to maximize the contribution of the projects to sustainable development of education infrastructure in Zanzibar in line with national policy aspirations for a healthy environment For example, implementation of the ZSEP has potential to contribute to capacity for environmental management down to grassroots level in Zanzibar through partnering with all stakeholders in steering project development.

1.4 Preparation of the ESMF

This ESMF is the result of a preparation study with the following objectives:

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  To assess the potential areas of environmental and social impact of the proposed ZSEP Project;
  
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  To inform the project preparation process of the potential environmental and social impacts of potential project activities and propose relevant mitigation measures;
  
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  To establish clear directives and methodologies for the environmental and social screening of project activities that will be supported by the proposed project.
  

The key deliverable of this study is this ESMF Report, and an accompanying Resettlement Policy Framework, both addressing the ZSEP Project.

1.4.1 Activities completed in preparation of the ESMF

Activities completed during the preparation to date include:

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  Familiarization with background documentation;
  
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  A field visit to proposed ZSEP project sites in both Ungunja and Pemba and including meetings with Field Officers, CBO representatives was undertaken from 12^th to 22^nd December, 2006.
  
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  Meetings with project staff in the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training and other relevant arms of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar took place at the same time.
  
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  Preparation of this ESMF report.
  

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