EDUCATION III

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The project is designed to continue Bank's support of the Government's objectives to (i) equalize educational opportunity, (ii) reorient educational curricula to meet the needs of the labor market, and (iii) provide teacher training and expand support systems, including the strengthening of project implementation capacity in the Ministry of Education and Culture (MOEC). The project components include (a) construction, equipping and furnishing of up to 27 primary schools, two new junior secondary schools, extension of six senior and two composite secondary schools, (b) construction, equipping and furnishing of a National Curriculum and Teacher Development Center and a Regional Teacher Development Center, and (c) provision of 10 man-years of specialist services and 9.25 man-years of fellowships for teacher development, teacher training and guidance and counselling and 10 man-years of professional project management services.