INITIAL EDUCATION

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In support of the Government policies for human capital accumulation and poverty alleviation, the Initial Education project aims to improve quality and efficiency of the non-formal initial education (IE) program and expand access of poor parents to IE programs in the ten poorest Mexican states. The project will have three main components: (i) human resources development will upgrade the knowledge and skills of all personnel involved in the IE program, Public Education Secretariat (SEP) and state-level Public Education Secretariats (SPES)'s (technical staff, coordinators, supervisors, and community educators), and specifically the child development skills of parents; (ii) educational materials development will upgrade instructional materials to cover new areas (health, nutrition, and environment), present materials more effectively, and develop new supporting audiovisual components; and (iii) institutional strengthening will strengthen management capacity at both SEP and SPES levels - including their planning, management, supervision, and evaluation capacity - while fostering and supporting community participation.