Sumatra Basic Education Project

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The Sumatera Basic Education Project seeks to 1) mitigate the effect of the economic crisis by maintaining primary and junior secondary enrolment rates and transition rates from primary to junior secondary for the poor, preventing quality of education from deteriorating further, and realizing efficiency gains wherever possible; and 2) support recovery and return to the medium-term education strategy. There are three project components. 1) The crisis relief pprogram will support three provinces - Sumatera Utara, Riau, and Bengukulu by financing national scholarships and special assistance fund program to assist poor students and schools serving poor communities. 2) Institutional reform will enable districts, subdistricts, and schools to plan education activities within their district, manage the education pprogram between the different agencies, use appropriate techniques for planning and implementation, assign staff according to needs, and carry out targeted activities. It will support project management, implementation of the integrated plans, and establishment of a monitoring and evaluation system. 3) Quality improvements will finance primary school rehabilitation and maintenance, teacher-training programs, procurement and distribution of learning materials and equipment, teacher deployment in rural areas, rehabilitation and provision of equipment of private school, and upgrading of religious school teachers.