Cameroon: World Bank supports education capacity building.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-1 June 2005-WORLD BANK: Cameroon: World Bank supports education capacity building(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:31052005 Washington - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit* of US$18.2 million to assist the government of Cameroon in the implementation of its education strategy.

The Education Development Capacity Building project will help improve the efficiency and equity of primary and secondary education, with a focus on the disadvantaged areas, and increase the relevance of secondary and higher education to the needs of the economy. The project is expected to improve completion rate from 56 to 80 in primary education and reduce randomness in the allocation...