Third Basic Education

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The main objectives of the Third Basic Education Project are to: 1) support the attainment of universal primary education and the expansion of coverage of lower secondary education in poor and minority areas; and 2) build stronger institutions responsible for education delivery. The project will support the government's efforts to make primary education universal by the year 2000 by putting more educational inputs into teaching points, increasing the enrollment in complete schools, expanding multigrade and multisubject teaching in rural areas, and reducing dropouts rates of minority children through improved bilingual educational programs. The project consists of the following components: 1) an institutional component comprising: (a) facilities upgrading; (b) instructional equipment, furniture and books; and (c) staff upgrading; 2) a management improvement component including: (a) local education management training; (b) project management training; and (c) expansion of education management information system; and 3) a central component consisting of: (a) national training; (b) research dissemination program; (c) stipend program; (d) study tours; (e) experts panel; and (f) studies.