Education Quality Improvement Program (EQIP) Phase 2

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The main objective of Education Quality Improvement Program (EQIP) is to promote excellence in teaching and learning throughout the school sector, while continuing the push for equity by ensuring the inclusion of all children at all levels of the basic education system. Progress against this objective is measured by enrollment and completion rates, disaggregated by gender. EQIP II comprises four components and ten subcomponents. The first two components focus directly on the issue of quality in the classroom: Component A in basic education, and Component B in secondary education. Component C aims at modernizing the management of the school sector, at the central, regional and school levels, in ways that improve schools' abilities to deliver quality education. Component D seeks to enhance the performance of the core systems - training, ICT, assessment and infrastructure - that will enable the Ministry of Education and Training (MET) to better implement the kinds of activities included in the first three components. Following are the Components, and Sub-components: A: Inclusive Basic Education: A1 Teaching for Improved Learning Outcomes; A2 Equal Schooling Opportunities. B: Diversity in Secondary Education: B1 Diversifying the Secondary Education Curriculum; B2 Career Information and Guidance. C: School Sector Management: C1 School-Level Management; C2 System-Level Management. D: Strengthening Core Systems: D1 Staff Training and Communications; D2 Information and Communication Technologies; D3 Assessment and Evaluation; D4 School Infrastructure. Project activities will include: technical assistance; training for teachers, managers and education specialists; purchase of equipment; and civil works (e.g. construction of new schools, and rehabilitation of existing schools).