TERTIARY EDUCATION

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The project will support the first phase (1992-96) of the government's tertiary education reform program, with stress on: (a) attempted quality improvement in teaching and learning; (b) improvement management; (c) increased autonomy with accountability for the universities; and (d) a gradual expansion of enrollments. The two components of the project will be: (a) a central component for Ministry of Education (MOE) and proposed new boards for accreditation, admissions and examinations, consisitng of: (i) office equipment, computers, and vehicles, (ii) staff development, (iii) technical assistance, (iv) studies, and (v) assistance in project management; and (b) an institutional component for each of the three established universities, a proposed University College, and the six existing polytechnics, consisting of: (i) civil works, involving rehabilitation and selected new academic facilities, and facilities for non-resident students, (ii) essential laboratory and workshop equipment and equipment maintenance, (iii) core textbooks, library journals and reference books, (iv) computers, (v) vehicles, (vi) staff development, (vii) research funding (at the universities), and (viii) management and technical assistance.