EDUCATION III

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The project would improve general secondary education, vocational and technical training, teacher training and planning for post-secondary education system development, through (i) construction, furnishing and equipping of 5 new accelerated training centers, with an annual enrollment of some 1,380; 3 new higher technical centers (KATEs), with an annual enrollment of some 3,960; and 10 new multilateral secondary schools, with an annual enrollment of some 17,450; (ii) studies for: post-secondary education system development, designed to analyze the present situation, propose needed pedagogical and institutional reforms, and identify future expansion needs and investment priorities; a University Center of Pedagogical Studies, to improve the training of secondary school teachers; and expansion of production of educational materials; (iii) consulting services for design of project institutions and for studies; and (iv) technical assistance.