EDUCATION

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The project would help alleviate Gambia's shortage of managerial, skilled and health manpower and would upgrade secondary education and improve educational planning and administration. Its aim is to construct, furnish and equip: (a) a 260-capacity technical institute which will produce annually about 160 skilled workers, lower-level technicians, and office personnel annually; (b) training facilities for nurses and paramedical personnel; (c) a management development institute which will train about 150 to 200 middle-level managers annually; (d) 30 practical teaching areas in secondary technical schools for science, technology, and practical work; (e) three regional education centers for school administration and teacher retraining and upgrading. The project will establish an educational planning unit within the Ministry of Education and provide 19 man-years of technical assistance and 50 man-years of fellowships. The proposed project presents no unusual risks.