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Bureau,
Agency see success of basic education project
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ADDIS
ABEBA(July 15,2008) -
The Oromia Education Bureau (OEB) and the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) on Monday presented successful outcomes of a Community-Based
Basic Education Improvement Project.
Nicknamed the ManaBu Project, the patnership has jointly implemented
programs from Nov. 2003 to Mar. 2008.
In that respect, twenty-four schools constructed so far have been
found to register remarkable achievement in terms of effective school
management with strong commitment and participation of both community
and local government, officials from the two sides said at a Dissemination
Workshop of the project attended by Ministry of Education Dr. Sintayehu
W. Michael, Japanese ambassador to Ethiopia Kinich Komano, Katsuhiro
Sasaki, Resident Representative of JICA Ethiopia Office and ather
dignitaries.
The project is said instrumental in lowering drop out rate at Grade
I as well as ensuring equal opportunities for boys and girls.
The project also aims at developing a prototype model of community-based
school on how to plan, construct and manage the schools.
The OEB on the occasion presented successful outcomes including developed
three guidelines on "Planning" "Construction"
and "Management" of ManaBU School Based on the actual lessons
learned from experiences.
The Project adopts the Ministry of Education's low cost standard of
construction, which has two blocks of two-classroom with concrete
foundation and mud wall which it said could be constructed with 150,000-200,000
ETB because of community's contribution as provision of cash, locally
available materials and unskilled labor.
Accordingly, the guidelines provide practical skills and knowledge
for various stakeholders on how to establish and manage community-based
schools with close cooperation between community and local government
in order to improve access to quality of education especially in remote
rural areas, while also contributing to each community's empowerment.
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