TP-Emergency School Readiness Project

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Exactly because what previously existed has been swept away, East Timor has an historic opportunity to build a new, modern education system, relevant to its own needs and context, that meets both quality and affordability standards. The Emergency School Readiness Project is the first in a series of steps in that direction, concentrating on East Timor's most urgent short-term educational challenge, revitalizing its basic educational infrastructure with functional schools (primary and secondary), furniture and equipment, books and learning materials, and management support. The project aims at providing school-aged children and youth with education at the "basic operational level," meaning schools with safe and clean buildings having roofs and school furniture, textbooks and learning materials, and management support. There are five project components. While the first project component rebuilds school physical infrastructure, the second provides learning-teaching materials, the third mobilizes and communicates with the community, the fourth conducts school mapping and supports workshops, study tours, and preliminary studies related to policy development, and the fifth component strengthens the project management unit.