HIGHER EDUCATION II

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The objective of the Second Higher Education Development Project is to provide further support for the government's efforts to implement its higher education subsectoral strategy through the following components: (a) improvement of quality and efficiency through: (i) academic staff development; (ii) support for public and private university research on a competitive basis; (iii) support for the inter-university centers; and (iv) support university library development; (b) meeting human resource needs through: (i) strengthening secondary school science under teacher training; (ii) strengthening education in mathematics and natural sciences; (iii) support for science and technology centers; (iv) support for the accelerated engineering program in key disciplines at selected universities; (v) consolidation of polytechnics; (vi) upgrading of environmental study centers; and (vii) support for physical facilities for agriculture, engineering, and a pre-medical program; and (c) improvement of planning and management through: (i) management training for university administrators and key staff of the Directorate General for Higher Education; (ii) further development of the management information system; (iii) conducting several policy and evaluation studies, including a comprehensive study of university graduates and a study on private higher education development strategy; and (iv) strengthening the capacity of the Central Implementation Unit.

World Bank Group

Project

Hospital, Raw Materials, Government, Education