Strong construction supervision and monitoring systems are vital in education projects that emphasize civil works. The quality of school construction and furnishings was a continual concern during project implementation, stemming from inadequate monitoring and enforcement of quality standards. Lower secondary school construction relied on a community participation modality manual prepared by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, but there was no orientation or training for community members that enabled them to monitor the construction process. There was a lack of continuous quality assurance from the executing agency site engineers during construction (they were responsible for a large number of sites), which in turn led to weaknesses in documentation. Compounding these issues was the lack of continual input by a team leader in overseeing these construction quality issues. This lesson will be particularly relevant for the proposed Third Education Sector Development Program. [Main text, para. 57]
Second Education Sector Development Program