PRIMARY EDUC QUALITY IMPROVE

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The project comprises technical assistance, training, equipment and operational support for : A) improving teaching-learning processes; B) providing special assistance for under-served schools; and C) enhancing capacity to manage quality improvement programs. Component A provides support to 6 provinces (Aceh, Bali, East Nusa Tenggara Timur, North Sulawesi, West Sumatra and Yogjakarta) whose administrations expand an innovative program of "teacher professional support" (SPP) and "student active learning" (CBSA). This component also provides more and better quality books and materials, as well as develops policy to enhance teachers' promotion opportunities. Component B comprises a pilot program in East Nusa Tenggara Timur and West Sumatra to upgrade the quality of the most under-served schools by providing compensatory funds to schools in the poorest villages. Component C has both provincially-based and national elements. In East Nusa Tenggara Timur and West Sumatra the project introduces and monitors measures to rationalize the respective responsibilities of the Ministry of Education and Culture and Regional Administration Education Services in providing support to primary schools for quality improvement. It improves financial planning and budgeting by consolidating budgetary information at the school, at the provincial and at the national levels.