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The project will assist in further improving the quality of primary education and increasing the enrollment ratio from 31% in 1989/90 to 40% by 1996/97, improving the quality of general secondary education, and strengthening key sectoral institutions. It will help to improve the quality of and increase access to primary education by: (i) upgrading teaching in schools; (ii) increasing the availability of good quality textbooks and teaching materials; (iii) increasing the number of primary school classrooms; (iv) improving students' health and nutritional status; and (v) promoting female participation in education. It will improve the quality of general secondary education by: (i) upgrading the skills of teachers; (ii) strengthening the Secondary School Inspectorate; and (iii) increasing the availability of low-cost textbooks and teaching materials. It will strengthen key sectoral institutions by providing support to the Ministries of Basic Education and Mass Literacy and Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research to further strengthen their capacity for policy formulation and implementation and to improve their operational efficiency. The project also includes key policy measures to: (a) improve the allocation and increase efficiency in the use of sector resources; and (b) promote private initiatives in the provision of education through incentives for establishing and operating private and community schools.