BETTER GHANA SERIES - SECONDARY EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT: FACTS AND FIGURES COMPONENT 1 PILLAR 1 (Total cost: USD$ 125,100,000) Details: a) Construction of buildings: 23 New SHS including: a. 23 No. E- Blocks (of which 3 are Vocational, 2 are Technical) b. 23 No. Staff Flats c. 23 No. Headmasters Bungalow d. 23 No. Canteen Blocks e. 23 No. Security Gate House f. Furniture and Equipment Total cost USD$ 98,900,000 b)This will finance the following among others: • science laboratory • school library • program blocks i.e. vocational, technical, business • additional classrooms • teachers/staff flat • school canteen • toilets and bathrooms • furniture for classrooms, lab, teachers • roofing of existing structures • strengthen structural frames • enclosing wall, windows and doors • ceiling, wall furnishing and floor finishing • decoration of structures • painting of buildings Total cost USD$ 10,000,000 (Objective: Increase Access with Equity in senior secondary education in underserved districts) (Made of Pillars 1 & 2, will Support to Increase Access with Equity and Quality in Senior High Schools and cost a total of USD$140,100,000) Rehabilitation and expansion of 50 existing low-performing schools c) The scholarship will finance the following among others: i. Relevant fees (until phased out) ii. Transport to school or bicycles iii. Uniforms iv. House dress v. PE kits vi. School shoes vii. School bags viii. Sanitary material for girls ix. Exercise books and note books x. Relevant stationery items xi. Supplementary readers, etc. Total cost USD$ 15,600,000 PILLAR 2 (Objective: Improve Quality in low-performing Senior High Schools) (Total cost: USD$ 15,000,000) a)* INSET training - Science * INSET training - Maths * INSET training - ICT * Provision of ICT package for schools (iCampus) * ICT Equipment, maintenance * School Environment Improvements * Co-curricular activities support including maths/science clinics * School field trips * Staff team building and management training * Renovation of furniture * Science and Technology Equipment and renovation * Teaching and Learning materials * Guidance and Counselling * Other improvements as the school might find necessary Total costUSD$ 15,000,000 Total Contingencies cost USD$ 600,000 Total Component 1 USD$140,100,000 School Performance Improvement Plans will finance the following among others: Scholarships for 10,400 students from low income families especially girls Improve quality of education in 125 existing low-performing schools COMPONENT 2 (Project management, research and monitoring and evaluation) (Total cost: USD$ 15,900,000) This component will finance the following activities: Supervision consultancies New construction supervision Facilities improvement supervision Furniture supervision Scholarship Administrator Project coordinator Orientation for schools, DEOCs on quality improvements Development of maths and science training materials Orientation training on ICT package (iCampus) Development of materials for Leadership training Development of School mapping and monitoring website consultant to create platform GPS mapping / data collection training for schools and HQ publishing annual brochure format Monitoring and supervision of implementation New construction Facilities improvements Scholarship beneficiaries Quality improvements Financial Audit Procurement audit Technical audit Independent survey to verify Disbursement Linked Results (construction works verification) (in-school activities verification) Household survey at endline (Results Framework Indicator) Impact Evaluations Research agenda on Secondary Education (Public expenditure review) (impact of Science and Maths interventions,) (impact of scholarships and subsidies) (contribution of parents to school costs) Procurement of goods needed for specific activities Strengthen partnerships with NDPC,WAEC and GSS etc. Total cost USD$ 15,900,000 TOTAL PROJECT COST USD$ 156,000,000 SANITARY PADS CONSTITUTE ONLY 0.14% OF TOTAL COST. The total cost of the sanitary materials over the five-year period under the Secondary Education Improvement Project would cost only US 224, 640 dollars, which constitutes 0.14% of the total project cost. This is against several distortions and assertions in the media that the World Bank Loan of US 156 million dollars, was procured mainly to supply sanitary materials to school girls. The cost of the materials per annum stands at US 44,928 dollars. The project aims at supporting 6, 240 less-privileged school girls country-wide to help them stay in school. The Ministry of Education, therefore, pleads with the general public to ensure that they provide appropriate facts and figures to a scholarship that aims at improving girl-child education in the country. Disseminated by Anthony Obeng Afrane
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:37:41 +0000
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