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The project would improve the planning and management capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), and assist this Ministry in the restructuring and quality improvement of its agricultural education and training system. It would assist the Ministry of Education (MOE) in expanding and improving its primary teacher training capacity to meet the demand for qualified primary school teachers, and improve the Government planning capability and training capacity in the industrial, commercial and services sectors. The project would consist of: (i) equipping and providing technical assistance to the recently established Bureau of Agricultural Education Studies and Planning of MOA: (ii) providing didactic and farming equipment to six higher-level institutions: the Tunis National Institute of Agronomy, five Higher-Level Agricultural Institutes, four Agricultural Secondary Schools, and fifteen Agricultural Training Centers; and equipment and technical assistance to the National Agricultural Instructor Training Center; (iii) constructing and equipping four new Primary School Teacher Training Colleges under MOE; and (iv) financing studies for the assessment of the country's needs for middle and higher level technicians in the industrial, commercial and services sectors.