| Project Name | Teacher Education | ||||
| Project Number | 32236-013 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Nepal |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions |
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| Sector / Subsector | Education / Education sector development - Education sector development - social protection initiatives |
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| Gender | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
| Description | The Project's objective is to assist the Government in improving the quality and efficiency of and access to basic education through better qualified teachers. The specific objectives are to improve the quality and coverage of teacher training by enhancing institutional capacity for teacher training system that encompasses preservice, in-service, and recurrent training of primary school teachers; and to improve access for girls and other disadvantaged groups. The objective will be achieved by (i) building capacity for policy making, planning, and managing teacher training programs; (ii) enhancing the professional skills of teachers by training trainers and teachers, and developing the curriculum and materials; and (iii) encouraging increased recruitment of female teachers and those from other disadvantaged groups by sensitizing teachers and providing fellowships for pre-service training for women and candidates from other disadvantaged groups. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Poor quality of classroom teaching is one of the key reasons for the overall low efficiency of basic education, which is manifested through low student learning achievements, and high dropout and grade repetition rates.Improving the quality of classroom teaching is key to improving the quality of education. At present, entry-level qualifications for primary teachers are low , and the majority of teachers have little or no training. Teacher absenteeism is high, and motivation is low. Poor teaching stems from lack of emphasis on training of teachers, an unsuitable teacher training curriculum and teaching methods, and weak management capacity. Adequate institutional capacity is required for the conduct and management of training, curriculum development, and design and development of teaching and learning materials. Enhanced institutional capacity will lead to improvements in teaching skills and competencies of primoary school teachers. The ultimate result is improved quality of primary school education. The project is in line with ADB's overall/regional as well as country strategy of poverty reduction. Human development is a key input for poverty reduction. The project constitutes major contribution to meet the 7th goal of the Education For All (EFA) and takes well care of the 10th plan intent to provide training to all teachers, enforce system of teaching license, developing standards of quality education, and upgrading pre-qualification of primary teachers to the level of grade 12 |
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| Environment | C |
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| Consulting Services | A total input of 58 person-months of international and 309 person-months of domestic expertise will be provided for in-country training and capacity building. |
| Procurement | All procurement financed by the loan will be carried out in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for Procurement reflecting ADB's anticorruption policy and mandatory use of ADB's standard bidding documents. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Gyawali, Smita |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Nepal Resident Mission |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Education & Sports B. Poudel Ministry of Education and Sports, Keshar Mahal |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 07 Mar 2000 |
| Fact Finding | 12 Feb 2001 to 02 Mar 2001 |
| MRM | 02 May 2001 |
| Approval | 24 Sep 2001 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 29 Nov 2006 |
| Last PDS Update | 30 Jul 2009 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 24 Sep 2001 | 28 Jan 2002 | 09 May 2002 | 30 Jun 2008 | 15 Jul 2009 | 09 Dec 2009 |
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 26.20 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 19.60 | 17 Jun 2022 | 15.54 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Counterpart | 6.60 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 15.54 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Project Page | https://www.adb.org//projects/32236-013/main |
| Request for Information | http://www.adb.org/forms/request-information-form?subject=32236-013 |
| Date Generated | 06 June 2023 |