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Poor design of and quality of completed civil works are linked with inadequate and unqualified supervision at the local project level. To eliminate these potential problems, the main implementing agency for a project should have overall responsibility for the engagement and monitoring of implementation of the services.

Project Number: 22045-013
Project Name: Six Universities Development and Rehabilitation in Indonesia
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Bank supervision of project implementation is more critical at the start when implementation arrangements are made operational than when implementation is progressing on schedule. More staff time should be allocated to review missions for projects at widely scattered locations.

Project Number: 22045-013
Project Name: Six Universities Development and Rehabilitation in Indonesia
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The physical appearance of existing buildings, landscape, and teaching equipment at an educational institution is a good indicator of budget allocation for maintenance and commitment by teaching and administrative staff to a good work environment. It should not be assumed that where maintenance of existing facilities is poor, new buildings and teaching equipment provided under a project will fare any better.

Project Number: 22045-013
Project Name: Six Universities Development and Rehabilitation in Indonesia
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The sustainability issue should be given careful attention in designing a project that requires (i) innovative services to be established and continued after loan closing; and (ii) budget allocation, human services, and commitment by decision makers.

Project Number: 22045-013
Project Name: Six Universities Development and Rehabilitation in Indonesia
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The text book rental scheme (TRS) can serve as one of the models on textbook provision for other countries in Central Asia given the efficiency and effectiveness by which it was implemented. Contributing to the successful implementation of this scheme is the government's commitment and the design's alignment to government's priorities. Resources were used efficiently to establish functional arrangements that ensured sustainability of funding and made available and affordable textbooks to students and teacher's guides to teachers.

Project Number: 36510-013
Project Name: Second Textbook Development Project
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Discussion and dialogue on language of instruction (LOI) for ethnic minorities remains a sensitive issue in most countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Any debate of change in LOIs should be widely discussed before implementation and aim at (i) improving ethnic minorities' chances to enter the best senior secondary and higher education institutions, and (ii) acquiring language skills necessary for better job opportunities while providing necessary support to maintain their identity. [Main text, paras. 8, 45]

Project Number: 36510-013
Project Name: Second Textbook Development Project
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The teachers' guides could cost effectively support the timely roll out of student centered learning. Teachers' guides could be expanded to identify tools, provide additional referencing to learning materials for teachers, and promote greater use of school libraries. The student centered learning is one of the areas which educators in Uzbekistan need to discuss so that the government can move to a more efficient and cost-effective approach to provision of textbooks, workbooks and teachers' guides. [Main text, para. 45; Appendix 7, paras. 16-17]

Project Number: 36510-013
Project Name: Second Textbook Development Project
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Designing an improved and more relevant curriculum that focuses on competency-based learning objectives and promotes high cognitive skills requires further support and commitment from the Ministry of Public Education. Expected project outputs related to improvements in the curriculum were only partially achieved. Curriculum development was also assessed as less efficient in achieving outputs due to delays in fielding consultants and differences in perceptions of curriculum by national education developers and international consultants.

Project Number: 36510-013
Project Name: Second Textbook Development Project
Report Date: