For Ngos And Civil Society Organisations

• Implement PEIS in your programme communities using the IMS Model Standard and full implementation package. IMS provides training, certification, tools, and fidelity support.
• If you run VSLA groups: add PEIS as a dedicated education financing product on top of your existing group structure. PEIS is complementary — not competing — with general savings groups.
• If you run child sponsorship or education support programmes: integrate PEIS as your sustainability model — transitioning sponsored families toward self-managed education financing once the sponsorship period ends.

For Government And Ministry Of Education

• Embed the SUCCESS Model in school dropout prevention policy — integrating IMS’s five-step framework into national or district-level education quality standards.
• Recognise PEIS savings groups in national education financing strategies — formalising community education financing as a policy pillar, not a footnote.
• Pilot PEIS in a district or school cluster — IMS brings the model, the training, and the measurement framework; the government brings the schools and the policy mandate.
• Collaborate on a national dropout data system — using the IMS Dropout Risk Tool as a contribution to district-level early warning data.

For Development Partners And International Ngos

• Co-fund a PEIS replication initiative in a new country or region.
• Commission an independent evaluation of PEIS or SUCCESS using your evaluation methodology — IMS provides full access to programme data, communities, and documentation.
• Embed PEIS in an existing integrated programme as the education financing component.

For Researchers And Academic Institutions

• Partner with IMS on longitudinal research on community education financing and school retention in urban East Africa.
• Use the IMS data set for secondary analysis — IMS’s MEAL framework generates term-by-term data on members and students across PEIS groups.
• Co-design a study on the relationship between PEIS membership and household economic resilience.