School Education Quality Assurance

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The objective of the School Education Quality Assurance Program (SEQAP) Project for Vietnam is to improve learning outcomes and education completion for primary education students, particularly disadvantaged primary education students, through supporting the Government's full-day schooling (FDS) reform program. There are four components to the project; the first component of the project being improve policy framework for the implementation of the FDS program. This is a highly strategic component which will aim at completing the requirements for the transition to FDS in the 2009-2015 period but also at building a more efficient and equitable framework for scaling-up the reform in the 2015-2025 time period. The second component of the project is the improve human resources for the implementation of the FDS progra. This second component will support the training and professional develompment of teachers, school leaders and education managers to successfully move to FDS in the provinces which are beneficiary of the program, with focus on teaching methods, teacher standards, and school management. The third component of the project is the improve school facilities and resources for the implementation of the FDS program. This third component will mostly support the upgrade of infrastructure and facilities and support recurrent expenditures as needed in about 1,730 schools to successfully move to FDS, with related decentralized capacity building for effective school construction and preparation of the FDS plans. Finally, the fourth component of the project is the program management. This component will support the management of SEQAP to ensure smooth implementation and results on the ground. It will support the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) standing office in key areas, as well as additional capacity building at the sub-national level in procurement and financial management.