Education Development Capacity Building Project

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The objective of the Education Development Capacity Building Project is to: (i) increase the efficiency and equity of primary and secondary education, with a focus on the disadvantaged areas (ZEP); and (ii) improve the relevance of secondary and higher education to the needs of the economy. The project consists of the following four components; Component 1) will improve the administrative management of the education system through improvements in administrative management and controls, personnel management and planning. Component 2) will improve pedagogic management in order to make the teaching and learning process more efficient. Component 3) aims at increasing the demand for primary education and promoting gender equity in the Adamawa, Far-North, East, and North provinces. Component 4) will raise the overall quality and relevance of teaching, research and professional development by improving the system's ability to internally generate a critical mass of high quality academics, researchers and professionals, particularly in disciplines critical to the country's development.