Model for Bilingual Education in Nicaragua's Southern Atlantic Autonomous Region

This project aims to improve the quality of public education for indigenous and Afro-descendent children in the municipality of Pearl Lagoon in Nicaragua's impoverished Southern Atlantic Autonomous Region. The program's objective is to increase rates of school attendance and school-year completion and decrease rates of grade repetition among children in grades 1 and 2. Key project activities include: teacher training; the provision of quality teaching guides textbooks workbooks learning aids and other materials; and education for parents.