Home
Projects Project Information Documents
| Grant Name | Education for the Poor - Financial Crisis Response Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Mongolia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grant Number | 158 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Project Number | 43127- 01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fund Source/Amount[Approved] |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thematic Classification |
Social Development
Gender Equity |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Project Rationale | Mongolia ranks high among comparator countries in terms of education expenditures, enrollment figures and completion rates. Achievements in expanding access to preschool and basic education are at risk of being undermined by the current crisis. Maintaining access to education for the poor and ensuring quality education services during the period of necessary fiscal adjustments is a major challenge for the Government. Decreasing real wages and unemployment impede poor households' ability to provide adequate food and necessities. Without continuation of assistance programs, poor households may be forced to withdraw their children from school, and to revert to inadequate diets resulting in malnutrition. The likely increase in dropout rates of school students is serious because of the significant risk that such students will not return to school even after economic conditions have improved, or that they will not be able to catch up with their peers when they return. The Project's pro-poor approach will focus on (i) free feeding programs at preschools to ease the financial burden on parents, and to provide an incentive for preschool enrollment and attendance; (ii) targeted provision of textbooks to secondary school students from poor families to help maintain school attendance rates; and (iii) provision of block grants to fund school operational cost and essential learning and teaching materials in selected schools. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Impact | The impact of the Project will ensure that access to and quality of education will be maintained and system efficiency further enhanced during the time of the economic and financial crisis and thereafter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geographical Location | Mongolia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Safeguard Categories
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resettlement | C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indigenous People | C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summary of Environmental and Social Issues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environmental Aspects | The Project is Category C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stakeholder Participation and Consultation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| During Project Design | The Project was designed in a participatory process involving major national and provincial government and nongovernment stakeholders, school directors and teachers, community leaders, and development partners through regular consultations, workshops, and presentations. During project preparation a survey of 107 schools (13% of Mongolian schools) in rural, remote, and urban ger locations was designed and conducted; 54 focus group discussions were organized in four aimags plus Ulaanbaatar with 570 parents and teachers of preschools, primary, and secondary schools. During implementation, the Project will maintain broad stakeholder participation in all of its activities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Procurement | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consulting Services | A total of 31 person-months of international consulting services and 75 person-months of national consulting services will be contracted with grant funds. The international and national consultants will have expertise in education finance, management, and planning; textbook provision systems; delivery of school block grants; child nutrition and early childhood education; central and local monitoring and evaluation; and school management. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Responsible ADB Officer |
Jazira Asanova |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Responsible ADB Department |
East Asia Department |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Responsible ADB Division |
Urban and Social Sectors Division, EARD |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science ESDP@MONGOL.NET |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timetable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Concept Clearance | 28 Apr 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fact-finding | 11 May 2009 to 24 May 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Board Approval | 18 Sep 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
© 2008 Asian Development Bank
Privacy | Terms of Use |
Top of page
|