JM - REFORM OF SECONDARY EDUCATION PROJECT II

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In support of Jamaica's fifteen-year program to reform secondary education, the Project will improve the quality, and equity of secondary education, and expand access to upper secondary education, as well as strengthen the capacity of the central ministry, and regional offices to manage, and monitor the reform. The components of the Second Reform of the Secondary Education Project will: 1) finance grants to selected secondary schools, on the basis of annual work programs, and budgets for activities designed to improve student outcomes, as well as direct costs associated with preparing, and implementing school improvement plans. Technical assistance (TA) will support the preparation of a school improvement plan manual, and training materials, while training assistance in school development, and management will be provided; 2) finance centrally coordinated activities that complement the bottom up approach, and support all-age schools not eligible for school improvement grants (SIGs), to rally national literacy programs, and mathematics, by providing tools for teachers to diagnose the specific learning problems, enriching libraries and media centers, and supporting counseling for at-risk youths; 3) provide access to upper secondary school, by securing excess capacity in independent secondary schools, through construction of new schools, and extension of existing selected schools; and, 4) support the Ministry of Education, and regional offices implement the above components, as their role shifts from centralized, to one responsive to school-based demands for TA, and continuous support on monitoring outcomes.

FY17 - Education

World Bank Group

Project

Government, Education