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Regional Vocational and Technical Training Project
Saint Vincent
Borrower | Saint Vincent |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Education |
Approved | 19.11.1986 |
Signed | 16.06.1987 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | CDB |
Executing Agency | PIU (coordinated by CDB) |
Co-financiers | IDA, CDB, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.50 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 12.26 |
The project aims at developing the vocational, pre-vocational and technical education system, and at strengthening the country's capabilities for meeting trained manpower requirements. It consists of the following components: renovation of training facilities in one technical college, one girls' business school and home economic center; construction of two multipurpose training centers; acquisition of furniture and equipment, including spare parts for the above facilities; a program of fellowship training in the Caribbean Region for about 12 vocational instructors, five vocational/technical educational supervisors, and two equipment maintenance technicians; and, provision of consumable supplies for use in the above facilities.