Education Sector Support - Second Primary Education Development Program

Results as of March 2011 show the net primary enrolment ratio of children in the relevant age cohort increasing to 95 % from a 2004 base of 87%; an increase to 60% of primary school children successfully completing Grade 5 compared to a base of 52%; a reduction in the primary school student absenteeism rate to 17% from a base of 23%; a reduction in the student-teacher ratio at the primary level to 47 students per teacher compared to 54 students per teacher in the base year; the creation and filling of 45 000 new primary school teacher positions with 60% of new teachers being female; the training of 105 000 formerly unqualified primary school teachers who have now received a one-year Certificate in Education training course; the subject-based training of 16 000 primary school teachers in subjects like mathematics English and science; the administrative training of 5 760 new head teachers at the primary level; the printing and distribution of 542 million textbooks to primary school students; the construction of 38 000 new primary school classrooms; the provision of 4 700 new primary school student toilets; and the provision of 17 262 tube wells for arsenic-free water.