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Support to Nepal's School Sector Development Plan (SSDP)

The School Sector Development Plan (SSDP) program covers the entire basic education system in Nepal and is funded jointly by the Government of Nepal and its Development Partners. The program is implemented during the years 2016-2023. Finland supports the p rogram with a total of 20 million euros in the years 2016-2020. In addition Finland also supports a smaller technical assistance based project which supports the achievement of SSDP's objectives. The SSDP is the second phase of the School Sector Reform Pr ogramme which Finland supported between 2009-2016. It is based on the achievements of the first stage of which the most important were the substantial increase in access to education achievement of gender parity in education a decrease in illiteracy and cl assroom size and an increase in the number of educated teachers. In the SSDP there the focus shifts more clearly towards enhancing the quality equitable participation and learning outcomes in education. There is also a stronger emphasis on linking disburse ments of funds to achieved targets as donors will apply Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) to which part or all of their funding is tied. The objectives of the program are divided into four categories: equity quality efficiency and relevance. The progra m aims to enhance these aspects of education on all levels: early childhood education basic education secondary education and lifelong learning. The program strives to ensure that all students in Nepal have equal opportunities to access high quality educat ion. A reform of the governance and management system of the education sector is also part of the objectives of the program. The final beneficiaries of the program are Nepal's around 7.3 million students and almost 29.000 public schools. The Ministry of Ed ucation of Nepal is implementing the program and the Government of Nepal funds at least 80% of its budget. Other development partners who fund the program include the Asian Development Bank Australia the EU the World Bank Norway UNICEF and Global Partnersh ip for Education.

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