Education Sector Project

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The Education Sector Project (EdSeP) is rooted in a sectoral and macroeconomic context. In 1986, the Government kicked off a series of reforms in reaction to the degradation of the education sector, once one of the most respected in Africa. The project has the following three components. Component 1) "Capacity building" in this project is defined as a product of several factors including: (i) the division of labor among organizations in the sector, and within each organization; (ii) the leadership and direction in the sector and its organizations; (iii) general management procedures and practices; and (iv) management of key specific resources. The focus is on human, financial, information, and physical resources. Component activities aim to address weaknesses related to each of these factors. Component 2) The Pilot Programmatic Scheme (PPS) is an innovative mechanism of support to the education sector. It offers an opportunity to pilot, on a relatively limited scale, the programmatic approach that the whole sector is poised to adopt in the longer run. During the first phase, it will be targeted to basic education until the Project Mid-term-Review, with a possible extension to other pre-tertiary education institutions thereafter (depending on successes). The PPS will targeted the 40 most disadvantaged districts. The PPS is a tool to pool donor resources, as encouraged in the context of the EFAFTI partnership. Component 3) All component activities will be funded through a demand-driven Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund (TALIF). The Fund's overall objectives are: (i) to raise the quality of teaching and learning performance; (ii) to sharpen the relevance, competences and skill content of tertiary education; (iii) to improve the efficiency by which institutions operate their academic programs; and (iv) through the combined efforts of these, augmented by the development of distance education capabilities and earmarked assistance to the University for Development Studies (UDS) in the disadvantaged northern region, to open up greater access to tertiary-level academic programs.