EDUCATION V

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The Fifth Education Project for Algeria will introduce pilot programs to train skilled workers in the repair and maintenance of construction and transport equipment and household appliance and to train and upgrade semi-skilled and skilled workers for the national construction company (SNMC), the national cork and wood processing company (SNLB) and one of the national food processing companies (SN SEMPAC), and will introduce a computer system for higher education. The loan will finance the foreign exchange cost of: (a) architectural design, construction, furniture, and equipment for (i) an administration center and institute for instructor training in maintenance trades, (ii) three maintenance training centers, and (iii) three industrial training centers; (b) the installation of a computer-based management information system (CBMIS) in the Ministry of Higher Education and five universities; (c) 67 man-years of technical assistance for the start-up of the project institutes and the CBMIS; and (d) 36 man-years of fellowships to train Algerian staff abroad for project follow-up. In addition, the Government will finance a training program for instructors and administrators for the project's industrial training centers.