Peru: WB to grant US$25mln for education quality improvement

More than one million Peruvian students in higher education, universities and technical institutes will benefit in the next decade from a US$25 million loan approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors for the Higher Education Quality Improvement project – “PROCALIDAD”.
This financing will help more than 250 Higher Education institutions manage their accreditation process and access information relevant to the continuous quality improvement.
One of the first objectives of the project will be a substantial increase in activities related to the self-evaluation and external evaluation of results. As the World Bank announced, it also intends to gather information — via graduated student surveys — on current higher education conditions in the country to guide future reforms.
“PROCALIDAD arrives at an important juncture, as it will have a bearing on university, institute and higher education school improvements through accreditation,” said Patricia Salas, Peru’s Minister of Education. Read more...