EDUCATION

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The proposed project is designed to support a program to improve primary education in rural areas by replacing existing dilapidated schools and by undertaking a series of studies aimed at introducing a more efficient administration of education. The proposed project consists of the following main components: constructing and equipping 200 buildings for up to 60 rural primary school complexes; technical assistance, and provision of staff, to (a) establish a permanent schoolbuilding unit within the Ministry of Civil Engineering; (b) train building site supervisors and technicians; and (c) supervise school construction; technical assistance to develop and introduce curricula for the Industrial Technical Secondary School at N'Djamena; technical assistance to undertake studies of education financing, public administration and primary education; technical assistance to the Agricultural Technician Training Centre in Sahr; and provision of staff, equipment and operating expenses for the project office.