Strengthening Early Childhood Development and Basic Education Systems to Support Human Capital Development in Eswatini Project

The development objective of Strengthening Early Childhood Development and Basic Education Systems to Support Human Capital Development in Eswatini Project is to strengthen education service delivery and management systems in the early years and junior secondary education. This project has four components. 1) The first component, Strengthen coordination and regulation of Early Childhood Care Development and Education (ECCDE) and improve access to quality ECCDE service, has the following sub-components: (i) Systems strengthening to improve ECCDE service delivery;(ii) Improve the quality of ECCDE services in targeted center. 2) The second component, Improve quality and internal efficiency in basic education, has the sub-components following: (i) Improve literacy and numeracy in the early grades; and (ii) Improve retention in secondary education. 3) The third component, Project Management, Capacity Building, and Technical Assistance, is to strengthen key management capacities of the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), which is the main implementer of the Project, as well as build the Project-related required institutional capacity of regional and local education offices. 4) The fourth component, CERC, included in accordance with paragraphs 12 and 13 of World Bank Investment Project Financing (IPF) Policy– contingent emergency response through the provision of immediate response to an eligible crisis or emergency, as needed.