Projects

The overall objective of the project was to promote the development of human capital to the needs of a modern society, integration into the global world by contributing to the modernization of the general secondary education system and bringing it closer to international recognition.

The purposes were:

• To prepare a midterm strategy on education and training system focusing on needs of the global economy and international competitiveness ;
• Reviewing the content of education and training programs with a focus on the skills and knowledge and competences required in a modern society and economy;
• Strengthen the quality of education by upgrading of knowledge and skills of staff of education and training establishments including managers, teachers and trainers;
• To support development of quality assurance approach addressing the main issues of quality at all levels of the education system

The project will promote development of a policy for equal access to education and training opportunities for all. 

The project was divided on 4 Components:

Component 1. Modernization of strategy for the education and training system: overview of  the whole educations system and specific and detailed analyses of the general secondary education system;  strategy and action planned developed for the modernization of the education and training system; 

Component 2. Content of education and training: curricula learning and teaching materials, policies for introduction of new technologies in education and classifiers and standards set for education and training programs reviewed and recommendations provided; curriculum development methodology revised; pilot initiatives conducted on innovative approaches in pilot schools and results measured.  

Component 3. Education and training sector staff development: education staff training and development needs reviewed; in-service and pre-service teacher training systems analyzed and recommendations provided; proposal for modernized teaching and learning approaches  provided; pilot test conducted on education staff and teacher training approaches according to outcome of Components 1 and 2, and number of trainers trained for further implementation of teacher training and education sector staff training activities. 

Component 4. Development of a quality assurance approach: Recommendations provided for a quality assurance approach for all levels of  the education and training system.