The 2015/16 Joint Sector Review had six main objectives:

1. To assess progress in achieving sector objectives with focus on 2015/16 targets for EDPRS2 core indicators and selected sector indicators and their corresponding policy actions;
2. To present and discuss budget execution performance;
3. To review progress in achieving EDPRS 2 midterm (2015/16) targets;
4. To review progress against recommendations from the last JSR;
5. To highlight priority areas for the 2017/18 fiscal year that will inform the planning and budgeting process for institutions in the sector;
6. To update stakeholders on key issues within the sector such as new sector policy developments including brief on the recent adoption of the Global Sustainable Development Goals and future implications to the sector (domestication), status of analytical works conducted, etc.