EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

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The Government of Benin has developed a program for educational development described in a Statement of Policy and Strategy. This project will support its implementation, largely concentrating on primary education, with a focus on girls' participation, and has the following objectives: 1) increase access to primary school, with a specific emphasis on girls' participation both at primary and secondary levels; 2) improve the quality and internal efficiency of primary and secondary education; and 3) improve the institutional capacity for planning and managing the sector's human and financial resources. To achieve these objectives, the project will: a) expand primary school rehabilitation and reconstruction by beneficiary communities and implement programs to increase girls' participation at the primary and secondary levels; b) develop in-service training for primary school inspectors, pedagogic counselors and school directors, and management training for secondary school heads; c) provide and distribute textbooks and teachers's guides at the primary and lower secondary levels; and d) strengthen its planning and programming capacity and develop its capacity for financial and human resources management.