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- Three Technical Colleges Project
Three Technical Colleges Project
Zambia
Borrower | Zambia |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Education |
Approved | 15.06.2012 |
Signed | 19.08.2013 |
Status | Cancelled |
Loan Administrator | BADEA |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Education, Directorate of Planning and Information |
Co-financiers | BADEA, Government, ABUDF, KFAED, SFD |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 10.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 53.30 |
To provide higher education opportunities in three provinces, populated by some 850,000 people, where no universities exist. The colleges will be located in manufacturing and industrial centers, thus helping ensure the employability of the graduates. Works will include:
- construction of three new faculty buildings in the Easterm Northwestern and Western provinces, each of which will have lecture rooms and theaters, libraries and computer labs, among other features;
- provision of equipment and furniture; and
- consultancy services.