Nepal: School Sector Reform Program

The objective of the School Sector Reform Program (SSRP) Project for Nepal is to increase access to and improve quality of school education, particularly basic education (Grades 1-8), especially for children from marginalized groups. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is basic education. The primary objective of this component is to ensure equitable access and quality of basic education for all children in age group 5-12, prepare pre-school-age children through Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) for basic education and deliver basic numeracy and literacy to youths and adults, especially women and marginalized groups. The second component of the project is secondary education. This component aims to improve equitable access to secondary education by financing: (i) the expansion of physical facilities, including classroom construction and rehabilitation, library and laboratory construction, and the construction of schools for children with special needs (CWSN), and (ii) targeted scholarship schemes for dalits, marginalized groups, disabled, girls and children from poor households. The third component of the project is institutional capacity strengthening. The objective of this component is to improve the capacity of SSRP implementation agencies and its partners to enhance delivery and monitoring of educational services and products. In addition, this component also covers program management costs, excluding government staff salaries, which are incurred as part of program implementation.