EDUCATION

closed

The project which the proposed loan would help finance is part of the Government's current education program (1968-1972) and consists of the construction and equipment of five new secondary technical schools, six new vocational schools and three new agricultural schools in West Malaysia; the construction and equipment of one new primary teacher training college and three new general secondary schools and extensions to two other in Sabah; and extensions to one vocational school in Sarawak. To implement the project, a Project Director would be employed in the Ministry of Education and a suitable person has been assigned to this position. In addition, suitably qualified and experienced teachers will be employed in the project's secondary technical and agricultural schools in West Malaysia to provide 40 man-years of technical assistance in agricultural training; and the project provides for 27 man-years of overseas fellowships for the training of counterparts. The technical assistance and fellowships will be financed from sources other than the proposed loans.