BASIC & SECONDARY EDUCATION SUPPORT PROJECT

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The project is designed to support quality and efficiency improvements in the basic and secondary education subsector with replicable innovation and change at wilaya level. The project will finance staff training and technical assistance, documentation, pedagogic materials and technical equipment. The project will: (a) assist the Ministry of National Education in improving its institutional capacity in assessing pupils' learning achievements and in measuring quality and efficiency in education by developing 6 groups of standard indicators; (b) support pedagogic research programs of the National Pedagogic Institute (IPN) through: (i) institutional strengthening of the IPN; (ii) pedagogic research on design, lay-out and evaluation of curricula and schoolbook texts; (iii) provision of about 5,000 new library books, research journals and periodicals in pedagogic research areas relevant to IPN; (c) improve supply and use of pedagogic materials in schools through: (i) provision of pedagogic materials to about 14,000 basic and secondary schools; (ii) improved provision and use of school science laboratory products in about 3,500 grade 7-12 shools and related technical equipment and staff training; and (iii) provision of spare parts, technical equipment, technical assistance, and staff training, and rehabilitation of maintenance facilities for improved maintenance services to schools.