PA BASIC EDUCATION PROJECT

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The objectives of the Basic Education Project are to: 1) improve the quality of basic education in Panama; 2) improve equity of access to pre-school education and basic education for children in rural and poor urban areas; 3) expand the coverage of pre-school education through community operated non-formal administrative models; and 4) strengthen the planning, financial, supervision and policy-making capacity of the Ministry of Education (MOE). The project consists of the following three major components: 1) improvement of quality of, and expansion of access to, primary and lower secondary education which includes: (a) in-service teacher training; (b) provision of textbooks and teaching materials for the poor; (c) reorientation of the scholarship program; (d) development of student assessment system; and (e) rehabilitation of educational infrastructure; 2) expansion of non-formal pre-school education comprising: (a) the Community and Family Center for Initial Education program; and (b) mother-to-mother pilot; and 3) institutional strengthening of the MOE including: (a) development of planning and policy-making capacity; and (b) development of a management information system (MIS).

FY17 - Education,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Government, Education