36 Provinces Get Involved in WB-funded SEQAP Program

As many as 36 provinces across Vietnam have taken part in the World Bank-funded Secondary Education Quality Assurance Program to build 4,650 classrooms, provide regular allowances for 2,500 teachers for extra classes and help 1,600 schools to offer full time lessons to 450,000 secondary education students. The World Bank, DFID and Belgium co-funded the SEQAP program and the government of Vietnam contributed a reciprocal capital of $186 million.