Second Education Project

Location

Kyrgyzstan

Duration

2007 - 2010

Donor

Asian Development Bank

Budget

1.630.680 USD

Description

The expected impact of the Project is the improvement of the general education system, which is responsive to the needs of a modern market-oriented economy and focused on poorer areas. The expected outcome of the Project is increased enrollment in primary and general secondary education in poorer areas of the country, and student performance raised.

The Project consists of three components as follows:

Component A: Modernizing the Curriculum and Learning Assessment

This component will consist of three subcomponents as follows:

(i) Modernizing the Curriculum and Developing New Learning Materials. This subcomponent will:

develop a curriculum that will support improvement of student’s higher order cognitive and problem solving skills;
support development in phases of textbooks and learning materials for grades 1 to 11 or 12;
develop, produce, and supply a new generation of textbooks and teacher guides to cover grades in primary school; and
support external training of subject specialists and senior education officials in curriculum and learning assessment development and in-country training of trainers.

(ii) Modernizing Learning Assessment. This subcomponent will:

develop and implement a clear policy, assessment standards and regulations for each subject and grade on formative and summative classroom assessment systems; and
training of subject specialists, and senior education officials in learning assessment development and training of trainers, teachers, school principals, and representatives of TTIs.

(iii) Raising Public Awareness on the New Curriculum and Learning Assessment. This subcomponent will support

public awareness campaigns to support public acceptance and stakeholder understanding of the new curriculum, textbooks, learning materials, learning assessment, and teacher incentives; and
training of teachers involved in inclusive education activities.

Component B: Strengthening the Teaching Profession

This component will consist of two subcomponents as follows:

(i) Strengthening the In-Service Teacher Training. This subcomponent will:

strengthen in-service training of teachers and principals to build capacity to implement the new curriculum, textbooks and learning materials, learning assessment systems and upgrade teachers’ professional skills, and
provide the NTTI and each of the seven TTIs with a computer classroom, language laboratory, classroom furniture, and teaching and learning materials.

(ii) Incentives for Rural Teachers. This subcomponent will provide financial support to rural teachers through a RTIS designed to attract and retain teachers in rural schools.

Component C: Improving Participation and Quality in Rural Schools.

This component will support (i) the upgrading and rehabilitation of 90 schools; (ii) the provision of classroom and library furniture, a computer classroom with 13 computers, a language laboratory with 15 stations, audiovisual equipment, and learning aids; and (iii) management of the Project through the CPIU and RPIUs.

Deliverables

carrying our consulting services and training under Component A (i) – (iii) and Component B (i) (a)
general project management as lead firm
develop and deliver 3-week training courses to curriculum writers for grades 1–4, 5–9(10) and 10–11(12)
train and assist 288 curriculum/assessment developers and 195 authors to prepare a modern primary and secondary educational curriculum and assessment and ensure that the development of learning materials for grades 1–11/12 is coordinated
preparing training materials and detailed handbooks for the participants
assist in training of 150 trainers, who will train in turn 6,000 teachers and school directors on new curriculum and assessment system
train members of the curriculum development team on the principles and practice of student-centered teaching–learning and assist them in the development and use of subject competencies for assessment and learning development
design training programs for 4,000 teachers and 2,000 school directors to build their capacity in innovative teaching and effective school management
train 48 trainers to implement and conduct assessment of the professional skills training programs
develop training-program for 45 school directors on inclusive education
planning and developing advocacy programs using print, radio, television, and other media