Colombia Rural Education Project (APL Phase II)

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The objectives of the Second Adaptable Program Lending (APL) for Rural Education Project in Colombia are to improve access to quality education in approximately 120 to 210 municipalities within 30 selected departments, while supporting the development of social capital. Under the First Phase, triggers were met to begin Phase II namely, incremental increases in coverage and learning achievement, accompanied by reduction in repetition rates in the targeted municipalities; the effectiveness of municipalities in utilizing resources for educational subprojects; and the participation of civil society in education management. There are three components to the project. The first component consists of improving departmental secretariat of education and municipal management capacity for rural education quality. This component will contribute to build the capacity of the participating departmental and municipal secretariats of education that are certified by National Ministry of Education (MEN). The second component consists of strengthening rural education management at the school level for better and more equitable results in access, completion; and quality of learning. This component will assist school principals, teaching staff, and teacher training institutions to develop a better understanding of educational needs in the rural context and corresponding education interventions in rural areas to increase equitable access, improve school performance; and student learning outcomes. Finally, the third component consists of strengthening ministry of education for project coordination; monitoring; and evaluation. This component will include support for overall project coordination, supervision, and evaluation by: (i) designing and implementing different studies to promote quality education in rural areas; (ii) designing and implementing a project-related monitoring and evaluation strategy; and (iii) strengthening the project coordination team's capacity to comply with its responsibilities for managing the Project.