Bolivia project 511-0619 · 1991–1996 · Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)

Project, follow-on to 5110597, to institutionalize the use of interactive radio instruction (IRI) to improve health and math education in Bolivia's basic education system. The Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) will implement the project with help from a U.S. contractor, Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC). The project will (1) institutionalize math curricula for grades 2-5; (2) develop a health curriculum for grades 3-5; (3) conduct related monitoring and evaluation; and (4) extend IRI to out-of- school children and adults. The IRI math curriculum developed under project 5110597 for grades 2-3 will be institutionalized in at least 7 of the country's 9 departments. A key activity in this process will be the development of a multiplier-type training of trainers program in which PVO subcontractor instructors will train MEC supervisors and teachers in IRI methodology; the latter will in turn train school directors, who will in their turn be responsible for training additional teachers. Additional outputs include teachers' guides; agreements with radio stations for transmitting the lessons; a system for distributing and maintaining radios; and training of supervisors in ev

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABD-215 (1991). The source's own text.