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Education
Updated: 20 June 2008

Education sector is one of the core operation areas in ADB’s long term strategy (Strategy 2020) .

ADB’s assistance in its developing member countries includes

Comprehensive, broad based education sector reform and development:

• Policies
• Strategies
• Planning
• Management, and
• Financing

Subsector reform and development:

• Early childhood education
• Basic education
• Secondary education
• Technical and vocational education and training and skills development
• Tertiary and higher education
• Adult education and non-formal education

In the above areas, assistance priorities focus on improving:

• Quality, access, and completion of education
• Teacher education
• Curriculum and education materials development
• Inclusive education, ensuring education for disadvantaged and marginalized groups
• Public and private partnerships, and other forms of stakeholder partnerships
• Innovative and cost-efficient information and communication technology for education