General Education Modernization Project

The development objective of General Education Modernization Project for Sri Lanka is to enhance quality and strengthen stewardship of the general education system. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Enhancing Quality and Strengthening Stewardship of Primary and Secondary Education, aims to support the implementation of activities aims at enhancing quality and strengthening stewardship of primary and secondary education. It has the following six subcomponents: (i) Curriculum Modernization and Diversification; (ii) Teacher Development; (iii) System Level Quality Assessment; (i) Enhanced Program for School Improvement; (v) Strengthening Education Leadership and Management; and (vi) Promoting Social Equity and Inclusion through Education. 2) The second component, Project Operations and Technical Support, aims to provide traditional input-based financing to assist the Ministry of Education (MoE) to coordinate, implement and monitor the General Education Modernization (GEM) Project component through operational and technical assistance (TA). 3) The third component, Contingent Emergency Response, aims to allow for rapid reallocation of project proceeds in the event of a natural or man-made disaster or crisis that has caused or is likely to imminently cause a major adverse economic and or social impact.