HUMAN RES DEV'T II

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The project will assist the government in implementing its education development program for the period 1993-98 which aims mainly to improve access to, and the quality and efficiency, of primary education, with the specific targets of raising the primary enrollment ratio from 58 in 1992 to 65 by 1988. Secondary objectives include improving the quality and efficiency of secondary and higher education and strengthening education sector planning and management. To achieve these objectives, the project supports policy measures: (a) in primary education to contain costs, diversify sources of financing, and reduce inequities between urban and rural areas, and between boys and girls; (b) in secondary education to improve internal efficiency; and (c) in sector planning and management, to decentralize education planning, administration and supervision to the regional and departmental levels. In addition, the project will finance investments designed to: (a) expand access to primary education and improve its quality and efficiency; (b) improve the quality and efficiency of secondary and higher education; and (c) strengthen sector planning and management capacities.