Secondary Education Modernization Program
URUGUAY
SECTOR: Education
PROJECT NAME: Secondary Education Modernization Program
(922/OC-UR)
TOTAL COST: $58 million
FINANCING:
IDB $40 million
LOCAL $18 million
DATE OF APPROVAL: March 13, 1996
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The objective of this program is to improve the
quality, efficiency and equity of education at the
lower secondary level (grades 7, 8 and 9). The
program is designed to assist the government in a
reform of secondary education whereby a new operating
and administrative model will be adopted for secondary
schools, a sustainable policy will be developed to
train and retain human resources, and a new approach
to central management will be adopted in support of
the new schools.
The program will be divided into the following
components: (a) improving the quality of secondary
education, which includes reviewing and updating
curricula and implementing the new school operating
model nation-wide, distributing 450,000 textbooks and
teaching equipment to schools, renovating and
expanding school buildings and conducting studies and
evaluations; (b) basic and advanced teacher training,
which includes training for trainers, a national
training and upgrading program for 2,400 teachers,
infrastructure, equipment and startup of regular
training centers in department capitals in the
interior, and studies and evaluations; and
(c) modernizing the administrative management of the
Administraci¢n Nacional de Educaci¢n P£blica (ANEP)
and of the Board of Secondary Education.
CONSULTANTS: Consultants will be hired to: (a) help identify,
select and procure materials; (b) monitor eight
secondary schools; (c) administer basic and advanced
teacher training, which includes training trainers and
teachers, and supply logistical support for the
creation of teacher training centers; (d) conduct an
in-depth diagnostic study of the Instituto de
Profesores Artigas (IPA) and formulate an action plan
for the institute's reform and modernization and the
schedule for its implementation; (e) monitor the
efficiency and efficacy of the training; (f) set up an
independent consultative committee of three senior
experts in the fields of educational management,
organizaiton and methods, and systems analysis;
(g) conduct a diagnostic study of the present
organizational and functional structure of the
Administraci¢n Nacional de Educaci¢n P£blica (ANEP);
(h) perform an analysis of the present data-gathering
system and ANEP's requirements, and design a new
information system; (i) develop an upgrading program
involving reassignment of available human resources
and retraining; and (j) create an evaluation system
for the performance of lower secondary education.
GOODS & EQUIPMENT: The following goods will be purchased: 450,000
textbooks; 128,000 library books; 200 computers;
370 educational software packages; 100 educational
videos and 560 tapes, miscellaneous equipment and
materials for each secondary school (bulletin boards,
globes, instructional materials, etc.); 200 telephone
lines for setting up an e-mail network; teachers
guides or manuals; brochures and other information
materials on teaching resources; furniture for schools
and training centers; and hardware and software for
ANEP's central office.
CIVIL WORKS: The program will finance construction of 93 new
classrooms at 18 existing secondary schools and 72
classrooms in new schools, as well as infrastructure
for four teacher training centers.
EXECUTING AGENCY: Administración Nacional de Educación Póblica (ANEP)
Soriano 1045
11300 Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel: (598-2) 92-3457
Fax: (598-2) 91-3629
