PRIMARY EDUCATION

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The Primary Education Project consists of two major components. The education services improvement component will: (i) provide educational materials, books for school libraries and some bilingual reading books in primary schools, mostly rural; (ii) upgrade skills of underqualified teachers and provide in-service training for primary school teachers and teacher trainers, using traditional methods as well as foreign education technologies; and (iii) rehabilitate, replace and construct educational facilities. The institutional strengthening component will: (i) provide work incentives for teachers; (ii) improve the supervision system; (iii) strengthen the organization of the support service delivery system, and the management capacity of the Secretariat of Education at the federal and state levels; (iv) support improvements in the information, monitoring and evaluation systems; and (v) conduct selected studies to assess the impact of project activities and help refine future program design.