BASIC EDUCATION, Phase I

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The Basic Education Project for Uzbekistan aims to improve effectiveness of teaching in general secondary education and pre-schools located in targeted poor areas and the capacity of the MPE to efficiently allocate resources, to monitor its investment programs and to evaluate the impact of its programs. The project consists of the following components: Component 1: will improve the quality of teaching and learning in selected schools by providing them with modem, low cost and high impact learning materials and resources. Component 2: will enhance the quality of teaching and learning in 1501 general education secondary schools and 598 pre-schools located in 23 rayons and seven oblasts. Component 3: contribute to the improvement of school environments and students' learning achievements by strengthening and stimulating community participation in the school decision-making process. Component 4: will improve efficiency of general secondary education financing by building capacity in the education sector for budget planning and formulation, on the one hand, and management and accounting, on the other, in the process of expanding per capita financing in the sector. Component 5: enhance the capacity of line units of the Ministry of Public Education (MPE) to effectively coordinate and implement the Basic Education Project, and in doing so, strengthen the capacity of the MPE and other education institutions to manage, implement, monitor and evaluate the impact of education improvement projects interventions.