Education Improvement Project

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The Education Improvement Project will increase the education sector capacity in Latvia, and strengthen the management of both resource inputs and learning processes. Furthermore, the space utilization and energy efficiency of educational facilities will be improved, and institutional management capacity will be strengthened. The main components are: a) to achieve operating efficiency in school buildings, obtaining substantial reductions from recurrent expenditures. Essential repairs will generate savings in current expenditures, allowing benefiting municipalities to contribute a percentage of these savings for education spending. Further improvements are expected in physical facilities, in laboratories and equipment upgrading, as well as in the provision of in-service teacher training; b) to increase education quality, through the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) capacity building, for assessing and monitoring student achievements. Five sub-components will support education quality: national content and performance standards; national standardized assessment instruments; communications strategy and public relations; school self-improvement model; and, strengthening policy capacity; c) to ensure project management efficiency, consulting and training will be included in the project.