Tanzania Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project (SEQUIP)

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Boosting Tanzania’s human capital, especially among women, is critical to accelerating shared economic growth. Girls' Access to and completion of quality secondary education is associated with many socio-economic benefits. Over the last three years, secondary education outcomes have improved. The number of children in secondary school grew substantially, largely due to the Fee Free Basic Education Policy (FBEP) introduced in 2016. However, three main challenges in secondary education remain, which the project aims to address: (i) improving access to and completion of quality secondary education for girls and boys; (ii) ensuring a safe, supportive learning environment to keep girls in school longer; and (iii) expanding effective Alternative Education Pathways (AEP) to enable girls who drop out of lower secondary school, especially young mothers, to finish the lower secondary education cycle and enter upper secondary schools.The project will consist of the following four components: (i) Component 1: Empowering Girls Through Secondary Education and Life Skills; (ii) Component 2: Digitally-Enabled and Effective Teaching and Learning; (iii) Component 3: Reducing Barriers to Girls’ Education through Facilitating Access to Secondary Schools; and (iv) Component 4: Project Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation.SEQUIP will contribute to three pillars of the World Bank Group’s Country Partnership Framework (CPF) 2018-2022: (i) diversify growth and enhanced productivity; (ii) boost human capital and social inclusion; and (iii) make institutions efficient and accountable.