According to bank's website, the approved project aims to improve access to quality secondary education and to job-relevant skills training. Component 1 focuses on expanding access to quality, labor-market-aligned secondary education. This includes improving school infrastructure, strengthening teacher training (with emphasis on digital and AI skills), enhancing school leadership, and building students’ socio-emotional, technical, and digital skills. Subcomponents involve constructing climate-smart secondary schools with STEM curricula, developing national teacher training standards and gender-inclusive practices, and investing in primary education to build strong foundational skills and reduce dropout rates. Component 2 aims to expand skills and opportunities for in- and out-of-school youth link to labor market needs in priority sectors. It offers alternative learning pathways, recognizes prior learning, and improves employability, with special support for young mothers through free childcare services. Subcomponents include partnerships with NGOs and private providers to deliver short, intensive training programs in literacy, numeracy, digital skills, climate awareness, entrepreneurship, and job readiness, as well as apprenticeships, recognition of informal skills, and intermediation services to connect graduates with employers. Component 3 seeks to increase demand for education and training, as well as labor force participation, by addressing social and cultural barriers. This involves engaging communities and religious leaders in campaigns to shift norms and providing safe spaces to encourage participation, especially among disadvantaged groups. Component 4 strengthens education and skills systems management by modernizing governance, advancing digital transformation, improving accountability, and fostering cross-sectoral collaboration while putting the private sector at the center of reforms and service delivery. Subcomponents include better teacher management, early warning systems using AI, among others. Component 5 (Technical Assistance, Knowledge, and M&E): Funds project management, fiduciary functions, environmental and social risk management, stakeholder engagement and implementation-focused technical assistance to unblock delivery bottlenecks. Emphasis is placed on monitoring, evaluation and learning, including routine data collection, tracer studies, impact evaluations (including those related to childcare support) and regional knowledge exchanges under the SIRA MPA to identify and scale effective practices. 

Environmental and Social Risk: S

Total Project Cost: US$ 102.00 million

Commitment Amount: US$ 102.00 million 

IBRD + IDA Commitment: US$ 100.00 million 

Task Team Leader: Juan Baron

Title: Senior Economist 

Email: jbaron@worldbank.org 

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