Eritrea Education Sector Investment Project

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The Education Sector Investment Project in Eritrea, seeks a more equitable, and increased enrollment in basic education, and an enhanced quality in basic, and secondary education. The project components are as follows: 1) increasing equitable enrollment in basic education, will be achieved by improving access to education, through a low-cost construction of classrooms, and facilities at elementary, and middle schools. By identifying appropriate locations for new schools, disadvantaged groups will be targeted, to facilitate improvements in the education management information system, namely through the introduction of a geographic information system; 2) improving the quality of basic, and secondary education entails in-service teacher quality improvement, while developing a master plan for teacher recruitment, training, deployment, and utilization, and, subsequently a teacher training and development unit will be established at the Ministry of Education to develop delivery programs for a sustained, professional teacher development. In addition, the component will support the replacement of expatriate teachers by Eritrean teachers at the secondary level; educational reforms focused on curricula and pedagogical support; textbook printing, distribution, and utilization, as well as expansion of a national assessment, and examination, and computer classrooms for secondary schools; 3) capacities will be enhanced for service delivery, and sector-wide planning and monitoring, to support an equitable provision of education; and, 4) project management costs will support education planning, financial management, procurement, and engineering/architectural design.