EDUCATION III

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The Third Education Project for Senegal is designed to achieve the following objectives: (i) in primary education, the project will provide increased quality and allow preparation of cost-reduction measures to help establish a solid base for its expansion, especially in rural areas; (ii) in technical education, the project will provide increased capacity and quality of teacher training through the proposed new college enrolling 340 students; (iii) in vocational training, additional construction and equipment at existing centers will allow increased enrollments and improved training quality, and increase the supply of skilled workers for the modern industrial sector; and (iv) in university-level training, proposed institutions will help meet Senegal's critical need for qualified technical and managerial manpower through their annual output of about 40 agriculturalists and 40 business managers.