EDUC REHAB

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The project will be implemented over a seven year period ( 1990 - 1996 ) and has as a central objective the revitalization of the education system through sustainable measures designed to restore teaching quality and reverse the decline in enrollments. To achieve this objective the project will : a) improve the quality of primary education nation wide through teacher and headmaster training and by provision of textbooks and teachers' guides; b) strengthen the Ministry of Education and Culture's institutional capacity for planning and managing the educational system; and c) increase access to primary education in four of the country's eighteen administrative regions through the construction and / or the rehabilitation of primary schools. The project will have the following 5 components : 1) upgrading the teaching staff; 2) textbook development, procurement and distribution; 3) institutional development through operational support to the National Examinations Board ( NEB ), and the Ministry of Education ( MOE ) 's Primary School Inspectorate; 4) rehabilitation of physical facilities through the rehabilitation or new construction of about 120 primary schools in 4 regions, provision of school furniture, community meeting spaces, and the furnishing of about 120 staff houses for headmasters; 5) project management through the provision of equipment, vehicles, technical assistance, staff training and oeprational support to the existing project impementation unit.