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Nepal: Secondary Education Support Project
Nepal: Secondary Education Support Project
SESP: A Profile
Timeline: 2003- 2009 Financing: US $74.8 million: US $30 million grant from Danida; US $30 million loan from ADB; and US $14.83 million provided by the Government for mainly recurrent expenditure. Project Implementation Strategy: About 80% of the budget was implemented at district level through District Education Offices and at school levels: intensive and focused interventions (10 project intensive districts-PIDs) and general interventions (65 districts). Project Implementing Agencies: While the Ministry of Education was the Executing Agency, the SESP was implemented by the Department of Education with the support of the key educational agencies such as the National Centre for Education Development (NCED), Curriculum Development Center (CDC), and Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE).
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Policy Objective: To expand quality secondary education suitable for the need of national development. Main Intermediate Objectives: i) improve the quality and relevance of public secondary schooling; ii) improve access to public secondary schooling with a particular emphasis on girls and students from poor and disadvantaged groups and districts; and iii) develop the institutional capacity and management of central and district educational institutions and public secondary schools based upon a decentralized system of planning and management.
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SESP: Objectives
SESP: 4 Components
1. More Equitable Access to Secondary Education Esp. for Girls and Disadvantaged Groups (DAGs) in educationally lagging districts 2. Improved Curriculum Development, Continuous Assessment and Accessible Instructional Materials 3. Sustainable System of Teacher Education and Development 4. Institutional Management and Capacity Building.
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Improvement in curricular aspects (Quality) Emphasizing teacher training (Quality) System development with a view to strengthen the capacity (individual, organizational and systemic) (Management)
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Lessons Learned
Infrastructure development to increase access to safe and clean classrooms and to safe toilet facilities and feeder hostels for girls contributed to increased participation of girls and ethnic minority and disadvantaged groups. Targeted scholarships for girls, ethnic minorities, disabled and poor students contributed to increased participation in secondary schools. Improving Teacher Competencies through setting minimum entry qualifications, reforming training programs and training untrained permanent teachers in the system increased quality of education. Expansion of schools and teachers led to 40% additional schools and appointment of new secondary teachers increasing access to lower and secondary school education.
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Sector Wide Approach Harmonization of aid Capacity development Focus on school front line service delivery unit Targeted interventions for girls and students at risk Integrated approach for quality improvement learning environment, curriculum and curricular materials including assessment, teacher development, and capacity development
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