PE SWAP Pernambuco Educ Results& Account. (PERA)

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The development objectives of the Pernambuco Education Results and Accountability (PERA) Project for Brazil are to: (a) improve the quality, efficiency, and equity of public education in Pernambuco; and (b) introduce management reforms that will lead to greater efficiency in the use of the Government of the State of Pernambuco's (GOP's) public resources in the education sector, all through the carrying out of interventions in State Secretariat of Planning and Management, State Secretariat of Education (SSE) and State Secretariat of Administration (SAD). There are two components to the project. The first component of the project is improvement of basic education. This component is comprised of four sub-components: (i) Basic Standards Program; (ii) Literacy Program; (iii) Overage Correction Program; and (iv) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). The Basic Standards Program aims at improving state schools' infrastructure, equipment and teacher availability and quality. The Literacy Program includes activities to ensure that children leave Fundamental Education knowing how to read. The Overage Correction Program is aimed at correcting age-grade distortion. Finally, the M&E sub-component will support activities to evaluate student performance and provide feedback to schools and parents. The second component of the project is Public Sector Management (PSM) interventions. This component will support GOP's efforts to modernize its public sector through two sub-components: (i) general PSM interventions; and (ii) education sector management interventions. The first sub-component will put in place critical cross-cutting instruments that will benefit PSM, in general. A second PSM sub-component will further strengthen education management through sector-specific technical assistance.