Post-Primary Education

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This Post Primary Education Project aims at supporting the Government strategy to increase the number, and quality of students graduating from secondary school at reduced costs for parents, with increased equity of access by gender and by area (rural-urban). The project consists of four components: 1) the increased access to secondary education component will support the expansion of post-primary education, particularly lower secondary education through the increase of secondary education services, the promotion of greater autonomy of communes in management and cost-sharing of lower secondary schools, and, the increase of equity in lower secondary education, especially for girls and children from low-income families; 2) the improved quality of Post-Primary Education component seeks to consolidate and scale up achievements from the previous operation, and to support and maintain Government reforms for improving the quality and efficiency of secondary education. In particular, this component will contribute to improving learning and teaching in the post-primary level through the implementation of a new curriculum, the strengthening of teachers' education, the provision of pedagogical materials, monitoring students learning outcomes, and, the provision of new learning opportunities for tertiary education students using information and communication technologies; 3) the institutional strengthening of the Ministry of Secondary and Tertiary Education and Scientific Research (MESSRS) component, aims at improving post-primary education service delivery, through enhanced sector planning and managerial capacities at the school, the regional, and central levels. This component will provide support for educational planning, financial and personnel management, education operations coordination, and, studies; and, 4) the expansion of vocational education and training (VET) component will support the implementation of its national policy, as well as the expansion of the sub-system, based on pilot experiences. The component will finance preparatory studies and workshops, revision of the curriculum, re-qualification of training staff, learning assessment, construction of, and equipment supply for two VET schools, and, the establishment of an apprenticeship fund.

FY17 - Education,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Government, Education