DISTRICT PRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECT II

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The Second District Primary Education Project will assist the Department of Education and the government of India to extend the District Primary Education Program (DPEP) into about 50 to 60 new districts chosen from Uttar Pradesh and the seven states already participating in the First District Primary Education Project (DPEP I), and up to 15 districts in three new states ( Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Orissa). Like DPEP I, this project will build national, state, district, and sub-district level managerial and professional capacity for the sustainable development of primary education in the project states and will support district-based activities aimed at improving access to education, reducing dropout and increasing learning achievement, with special emphasis on interventions that will target female and scheduled caste/scheduled tribe students, as well as children with mild to moderate disabilities. The project will consist of the following four components: 1) building and strengthening state institutional capacity in project states; 2) improving the quality of, reducing dropout from, and expanding access to primary education by strengthening the capacity of district and sub-district institutions to plan and manage program delivery; developing community participation and awareness; improving teacher in-service training, learning materials and teaching aids; and constructing new classrooms and improving existing school facilities in participating districts; 3) developing a distance education program; and 4) continuing the national management structure support for DPEP.