Niger - Vocational and Technical Education Development Support Project

The Vocational and Technical Education Development Support Project is intended to respond to Niger’s new socio-economic opportunities, namely relating to the exploitation of uranium and oil deposits, and finalization of the country’s major projects, particularly the Kandadji dam, the railroad and the dry port. It is a project designed to modernize vocational and technical education and which will help to train quality technical labor to support the emerging industrial sectors and the country’s economic growth. It aims to increase the population’s access to quality vocational and technical education, particularly girls’ access to the industrial sector, improve training curricula in line with job market demand, and strengthen the capacities of institutions responsible for formulating technical education and vocational training (VTET) sub-sector policies. The industrial sectors targeted by the project include: (i) civil engineering; (ii) electronic and electrotechnical engineering; (iii) mechanical engineering, and (iv) petrochemical engineering. The project activities are scheduled to be completed in five years. The total project cost is estimated at XOF 20.10 billion (UA 26.91 million), excluding taxes.