El Salvador Investment Compact - TVET System Reform

The Human Capital Project focused on preparing the people of El Salvador to better meet the demands of a global economy by improving the quality of education and by better matching the supply of skills to the labor market.

The project is composed of two activities:

• The Education Quality Activity supported complementary interventions in competency-based education, increased classroom time, teacher training, and improvements to the institutional environment that are conducive to learning. It also included investments in approximately 350 schools in the coastal zone of El Salvador where dropout rates are the highest, with a focus on grades 7-12.
• The TVET System Reform Activity sought to improve the harmonization between the skills demanded by the labor market with those supplied by private and public education and training providers.