Primary Education Support Project

Jamaica

The project aims at renovating the physical schools and raising the quality of instruction and strengthen the institutions involved in school administration, management and planning. This will be carried via the following works:

• revising and updating of curricula;
• development of new textbooks and learning materials;
• preparation of strategies aimed at boosting school attendance;
• implementation of a four-year literacy enhancement program in 80 low-performing urban schools;
• introduction of professional development schemes, revised teacher certification standards and new instruction methodologies;
• construction, expansion and rehabilitation of 14 primary and “All Age” schools, providing extra places for over 4,000 pupils; and
• furnishing and equipping of all schools.