EDUCATION IV

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The project seeks to improve the quality and efficiency of primary education and to expand access to primary schools through support for: (a) institutional development of the Ministry of Education; (b) a primary school development program to include establishment of a national textbook program, upgrading of 2,250 primary school teachers, strengthening of the educational inspectorate, and construction, equipping, and furnishing of 24 new primary schools, and furnishing of 30 additional primary schools. The project would also: (a) strengthen the Agricultural and Industrial Training Bureau and the Vocational Training Center; and (b) establish a new commerial training center to consolidate the activities of three existing training programs. The improvements in primary education and skill training are expected to lead to more efficient allocation of resources, increases in skilled manpower, higher worker productivity, and greater employment opportunities for graduates.