EDUC.SEC.II

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The proposed credit has four main objectives : 1) to improve the quality of education at all levels through curriculum reform and development, improvement in textbook preparation and production, effective use of radio in primary schools, improvement of science instruction, library systems, teacher training, school inspection systems and expansion of the number of qualified primary teachers, 2) to expand access to primary and secondary schools by upgrading school facilities , 3) to strengthen sector management, budgeting and planning through institutional and capacity building measures in the Ministry of Education and the Malawi Institute of Education, and finally 4) improved resource mobilization and allocation policies by reversing the decline in the sector's budget share in accordance with stated Government policy.