EDUCATION AND TRAINI

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The Education and Training Project aims to alleviate the shortage of skilled manpower through the expansion and upgrading of secondary education. Specifically the project will : (i) finance a national scholarship program of about 171 study-years of overseas fellowships for higher level training; (ii) upgrade the quality of upper secondary education at the Science Education Center through the provision 28 study years of fellowships, equipment and learning materials; (iii) create secondary education opportunities in the atolls through the establishment of a regional secondary school; and (iv) finance fellowships and experts to strengthen the planning capacity of the Ministry of Education, improve labor market information and undertake teacher issues studies. Expatriate advisors and fellowships will also be financed to assist project implementation.