Education Emergency Response to COVID-19

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The proposed project aims to promote learning continuity for students who have suffered from the COVID-19 school closures in Djibouti. Its main objectives are : (a) expanding access to and improve quality of remote learning; and (b) strengthening the education system by fostering resilience to COVID-19 and to other shocks. The Project will be financed by a recipient-executed grant of US$3.36 million from GPE’s COVID-19 Accelerated Funding Window and is expected to be implemented over an 18-month period. Component 1 will improve access and quality of remote learning by strengthening distance learning and inclusion for students in primary and lower secondary school.Component 2 will support a healthy and safe re-opening of schools. This component will ensure that can schools open safely after the lifting of COVID-19 restriction, with a package of activities in place that promote student well-being, enrolment and retention. In addition, this component will address drop-out risks of vulnerable groups, including girls and children with disabilities. It will include the rehabilitation of latrines and improvement of WASH infrastructure to improve school health. Component 3 will strengthen the resilience of the education sector in the country and will enhance its capacity to respond to furture emergencies. More specifically, this component will build the long-term capacity and resilience of the sector through digital learning in case of COVID-19 schools closure or other emergencies.