will provide $250 million loan for a school Education project inAndhra Pradesh, which will cover over 50 lakh students in the southern state.
“The Government of India, Government of Andhra Pradesh and the World Bank on November 18, 2021 signed the legal agreements for $250 million for a project which aims to improve quality of Learning for over 50 lakh students in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
The project will cover about 40 lakh students (6-14 year age group) in over 45,000 government schools, and over 10 lakh children (3-6 years) enrolled in Anganwadis (Integrated Child Development Centers), and about 1,90,000 teachers, and more than 50,000 Anganwadi workers.
It will introduce a one-year preschool-level course in 3,500 schools in the tribal blocks. Also, it will help address the issue of low learning levels amongst the tribal community.
The fund will be utilised for Supporting Andhra’s Learning Transformation Project to encourage professional development of teachers; provide remedial learning courses for children impacted by Covid-19 pandemic.