Alliance for Education Quality Project

The development objective of the Alliance for Education Quality Project for Nicaragua is to improve: (a) teacher practices for participating teachers in preschool, primary, and secondary education nationwide; and (b) physical learning conditions in targeted schools. The project comprises of three components. The first component, improving teacher practices for participating teachers in preschool, primary, and secondary education nationwide, seeks to introduce innovative mechanisms to improve teacher quality through two sub-components: (i) improving teacher practices for participating teachers nationwide; and (ii) strengthening Ministry of Education (MINED’s) capacity to collect and analyze student assessments, and lead studies on teacher practices. The second component, improving the physical learning conditions in targeted schools aims to ensure that schools have the minimal physical quality standards as defined by MINED, by supporting the rehabilitation, replacement, and or expansion of school infrastructure, including furniture and educational equipment, to improve physical learning conditions in approximately 45 targeted schools selected in accordance with the criteria set forth in the operational manual (OM). The third component, supporting project management and monitoring will strengthen the technical and fiduciary capacity of MINED by: (i) supporting the development of an infrastructure management system to monitor the implementation of activities under component 2; and (ii) supporting the fiduciary management system for overall project implementation, including support for project management and monitoring, and audit costs.