EDUCATION II

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The project would help to meet the urgent needs for middle-level extension agents in the agricultural sector and to introduce more practical curriculum and field training facilities. In addition, it would help to correct the urban/rural schooling imbalance by making more secondary agricultural schooling available in the rural area. It would also provide funds for pre-investment designs for a possible future project in the education sector. The project would consist of the following components: (a) construction, furnishing and equipping of 4 new agricultural secondary schools; (b) extensions, furnishing and equipping of 3 existing agricultural secondary schools; (c) pre-investment designs for: (i) a national educational materials and services center; (ii) a national teacher training complex; (iii) five regional teacher training institutes; and (d) related technical assistance.