Alliance for Education Quality Project

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Key Information

The development objective of the Alliance for Education Quality Project for Nicaragua is to improve: (a) teacher practices for participating teachers in preschool, primary, and secondary education nationwide; and (b) physical learning conditions in targeted schools. The project comprises of three components. The first component, improving teacher practices for participating teachers in preschool, primary, and secondary education nationwide, seeks to introduce innovative mechanisms to improve teacher quality through two sub-components: (i) improving teacher practices for participating teachers nationwide; and (ii) strengthening Ministry of Education (MINED’s) capacity to collect and analyze student assessments, and lead studies on teacher practices. The second component, improving the physical learning conditions in targeted schools aims to ensure that schools have the minimal physical quality standards as defined by MINED, by supporting the rehabilitation, replacement, and or expansion of school infrastructure, including furniture and educational equipment, to improve physical learning conditions in approximately 45 targeted schools selected in accordance with the criteria set forth in the operational manual (OM). The third component, supporting project management and monitoring will strengthen the technical and fiduciary capacity of MINED by: (i) supporting the development of an infrastructure management system to monitor the implementation of activities under component 2; and (ii) supporting the fiduciary management system for overall project implementation, including support for project management and monitoring, and audit costs.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Nicaragua

Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Nicaragua

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2017 - 2023

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Nicaragua Ministry of Education (MINED)

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Quality

  • School facilities
  • School quality
  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality
  • Mentorship

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

School administrators, Teachers - female, Teachers - male

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Pre-school
  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Boys in school
  • Girls in school

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula
  • Increased availability of learning materials

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of schools

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Textbooks (paper)

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Teachers as mentors

School-related gender-based violence

  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality

Cross-cutting goals

  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms