DPEP III (BIHAR and Jharkhand)

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The development objective of the Third District Primary Education Project is to assist the Government of Bihar (GOB) to build and strengthen state, district, and sub-district institutional capacity to ensure that more children, especially from socially disadvantaged groups (female, scheduled caste {SC} and scheduled tribe {ST} students, working children, children with mild to moderate learning disabilities and other children who have limited access to educational opportunities), complete a five-year primary education cycle of appropriate quality in districts with low levels of literacy. The project has three components: 1) expanding access to primary education, particularly for disadvantaged groups; 2) increasing retention and improving learning achievements in primary school; and 3) improving state and district capacity to manage primary education