The proposed sector development program will support sector-wide policies, while its investment project will focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) that are critically important for building a knowledge society. STEM will be the core for initiating interdisciplinary links and teaching approaches, project-based learning, and innovations at university and school level. These initiatives will gradually expand to involve other non-STEM disciplines as well.
| Project Name | Preparing the School Education Reform Sector Development Program | ||||
| Project Number | 52337-002 | ||||
| Country | Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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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 Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Education / Education sector development - Secondary |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
| Description | The proposed sector development program will support sector-wide policies, while its investment project will focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) that are critically important for building a knowledge society. STEM will be the core for initiating interdisciplinary links and teaching approaches, project-based learning, and innovations at university and school level. These initiatives will gradually expand to involve other non-STEM disciplines as well. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The Kyrgyz government has undertaken several efforts to improve education quality particularly in pre-school and school, which accommodate about two thirds of all students, teachers, and sector budget. Improvements in access to pre-school education, school curricula and textbooks, and teacher remuneration led to steady albeit slow progress in improving learning outcomes of pupils. Thus, in 2017 the national learning attainment test results suggested the significant decrease in the share of non-performers in math from 84.3% to 64.9% in 2007. Reading comprehension has also improved: only 51.5% non-performers in 2017 against 73.5% in 2007, as well as science 76.6% against 81.8% in 2017. The Ministry of Education and Science (MOES) is committed to participate in the next round of PISA in 2024. For further improvement of learning outcomes in schools, the Kyrgyz government needs to deepen reforms in key areas addressing problems at a systemic level. | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
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| Consulting Services | ADB will engage the consultants following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated staff instructions. The TRTA will require (i) 37 person-months of consultant inputs through a firm 17 person-months for international and 20 person-months for national, (ii) 15 person-months of national consultant inputs through an engineering/design firm, (iii) 9 person-months of consultant inputs through a architecture/design firm, 3 person-months for international and 6 person-months for national, and (iv) an individual international consultant (3 person-months). Fixed budget selection method will be followed for recruiting firms. A simplified technical proposal will be required. |
| Procurement | The TRTA consultants may procure equipment according to ADB's Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated staff instructions. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Corbin, Kevin G. |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | CWSS |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 11 Nov 2019 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 12 Nov 2019 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 11 Nov 2019 | 05 Dec 2019 | 05 Dec 2019 | 31 Aug 2020 | 31 Aug 2021 | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 700,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 700,000.00 | 11 Nov 2019 | 116,807.97 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the School Education Reform Sector Development Program: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Nov 2019 |
| School Education Reform Sector Development Program: Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Nov 2019 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| National Education Policy Advisor | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 03 Sep 2020 | 12 Sep 2020 |
| Engineering Design Firm | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 07 Aug 2020 | 05 Sep 2020 |
| Consulting firm for School Education Reform Sector Development Program | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 31 Oct 2019 | 21 Nov 2019 |
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