Madagascar Basic Education Support Project

The objective of the Basic Education Support Project for Madagascar is to improve learning and promotion within the first two sub-cycles of basic education. There are six components to the project, the first component being training teachers with a focus on early grade reading, writing and mathematics. The objective of this component is to improve teacher practices to better teach early grade reading and math and to train uncertified teachers. The second component is the improving attendance and readiness to learn through preschool, construction and health. The objective of this component is to improve attendance, reduce dropout, and better prepare children for school. The third component is the school-based management to increase learner promotion. The objective is to increase learner promotion through better management of schools by implementing an equitable national school grant system and by professionalizing the capacities of school principals. The fourth component is the Sector reforms, system building, and project implementation. The component seeks to strengthen the capacity of the MEN and its decentralized structures to implement the ESP and to cover the project’s administrative costs, including communication costs. The fifth component is the contingency emergency response. A no-cost contingent emergency response component (CERC) will be included under the project in accordance with OP10.00 (investment project financing), paragraphs 12 and 13, for projects in situations of urgent need of assistance or capacity constraints. This will allow for rapid reallocation of project proceeds in the event of a natural or man-made disaster or crisis that has caused, or is likely to cause, a major adverse economic and/or social impact. Further, the risk of natural disasters in Madagascar is increasing with climate change; preparedness with emergency action plans and protocols is critical and will help ensure a higher state of readiness should financing under this component be triggered. Finally, the sixth component is the GPE variable part.