DUSHANBE, January 22, 2014, Asia-Plus — On Wednesday January 22, the Majlisi Namoyandagon ratified a grant agreement to finance the Fourth Global Partnership for Education Fund Grant.
Speaking at the session, Deputy Finance Minister, Alamkhon Naimi, noted that the agreement was signed in Dushanbe on October 1 2013.
The overall goal of this US$16.20 million grant provided through the World Bank is to support improvements in Tajikistan’s pre-school and general education and to strengthen the capacity of the system in general to sustain reforms in education sector, the deputy minister said.
The executing agency is the Ministry of Education and Science of Tajikistan and the project is due for completion in 2018.
The project builds on the success of a series of projects financed since 2006 in Tajikistan from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Fund, formerly known as Education For All Fast Track Initiative Catalytic Fund. The Fourth Global Partnership for Education Fund Grant will address improvements in education sector through four main components: 1) increasing access to affordable and quality early childhood education programs through enhancement of existing and establishment of new early learning institutions; 2) enhancing quality of general education through upgrading educational standards and programs, teacher training, methodological support and provision of teaching and learning materials; 3) improving child-friendly learning environment through financing the construction or rehabilitation of schools and provision of furniture; and 4) capacity strengthening at all levels of education sector to manage the education system through support to on-going reforms in education financing and data collection and analysis, as well as provision of training to pre-school and school directors in financial management and pedagogical leadership.
