EDUCATION SECTOR CRE

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The purpose of this project is to support the Government in financing the last three years of the first phase of the ten-year education investment program and to support the Government's Policy Action Program. The objectives of this project are: 1) to increase access to primary and secondary education through the expansion of facilities, increased allocation of budgetary resources, and implementation of efficiency measures to improve the flow of students entering and completing these levels of education; 2) improve the quality of primary and secondary education through the upgrading of teachers and teaching materials and the provision of adequate textbooks; and, 3) improve sector management by strengthening the Ministry of Education and Culture, with technical assistance and training, and implementation of measures to improve education quality and efficiency.