Upper Secondary Education (MUSE) Development Policy Loan

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The Government of Mexico has requested a Development Policy Loan (DPL) for Upper Secondary Education Reform Program in the amount of $700 million to support its ongoing upper secondary education reform program, focusing in particular on obstacles to increasing the numbers and skill level of graduates entering the labor market. The loan is the first in a series of three operations that will support the Government's ambitious upper secondary education reform program. The amount of subsequent operations in this series will be determined based on Mexico's financing requirement and availability of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) resources. The DPL will focus on the following three policy areas: improving flexibility of upper secondary education: Mexico has created the National Diploma System (Sistema Nacional de Bachillerato, SNB) based on defined competencies, to ensure a minimum standard for all upper secondary education graduates and to facilitate transfers of students between different sub-systems. Enhancing quality and relevance of education: The upper secondary education system is shifting to transparent competence-based curricula that would allow both students and prospective employers to understand and evaluate the skills obtained in upper secondary education. This shift is the outcome of national consultations with all the key stakeholders in upper secondary education and reflects reforms that have already been introduced in some sub-systems. Reducing opportunity cost of upper secondary education: to reduce opportunity costs for the poorest, the Secretariat of Public Education (Secretaria de Educacion Publica, SEP), in coordination with the oportunidades program, consolidated the existing upper secondary scholarship program while expanding its coverage to more than 250,000 students from poor households.

FY17 - Education

World Bank Group

Project

Government, Education