Basic Education Sector Project

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The Basic Education Sector Project will support the education ten year program, within this first phase which will lay the foundation for accelerating the development of basic education, ensuring adequate quality, and financial sustainability. Its main components will: 1) improve access to basic education, by increasing the primary school enrollment ratio to 56 percent by the year 2005, equalizing educational opportunities, and supporting reforms to improve education. Construction, and rehabilitation of primary schools will be financed, as will the provision of teaching materials, teacher training, and micro-nutrients, in an effort to encourage girl's enrollment through information campaigns, in support of mother's associations, and the establishment of a peer tutoring program. Adult literacy programs will cover structured learning activities, and training/workshops will be funded to strengthen provider capacity; 2) improve the quality of basic education, by supporting the Government's educational reforms, through the revision of pre- and in-service training programs. A new curriculum will be developed in compliance with the primary education reform, while provision of pedagogical materials will be available in the form of textbooks, and educational tools, to be based on quality initiatives, and evaluation of learning outcomes, in addition to the development of early childhood activities; and, 3) improve management, and capacity building within the Ministry of Education, to be supported by organization, and methods studies. Systems development, and training will be funded, to upgrade material resources, and unit-based capacity building operations.