READ PNG

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The objective of the Reading Education Project for Papua New Guinea is to improve the reading skills of elementary and primary education students. The recipient shall maintain until completion of the project within its Department of Education (DOE), a classroom library reference group chaired by the secretary of education, and including representatives from the national library service, and other key stakeholders, to meet quarterly to provide overall policy guidance and implementation oversight for the project. The recipient, through DOE, shall establish within its curriculum development and assessment division and maintain until the completion of the project a Classroom Library Management Unit (CLMU), consisting of qualified staff in sufficient numbers and under terms of reference satisfactory to the World Bank, and provided at all times with adequate funds and other resources, which shall be responsible for the overall coordination, procurement, implementation, financial management, and monitoring and evaluation of the project activities. The recipient shall install, use and maintain for the project an accounting software package acceptable to the World Bank. The recipient shall use the services of its suppliers and the central and decentralized structures of DOE for the implementation of the activities to be carried out under the project.