The education sector in Fiji has once again become the beneficiary of the Australian AID under its Access to Quality Education Program (AQEP).
The program, which started in mid- August this year, offers a package of bilateral assistance to the Fiji education sector from 2011 to 2016.
Education Minister Mr Filipe Bole said the program’s strategic objective was triple pronged with the intention to reduce financial barriers to access and participation in schooling, to improve school infrastructure for the purpose of improving learning and to conduct research over systemic challenges that hinder student learning outcomes.
The program succeeds the AusAID funded Fiji Education Sector Program from 2003 to 2013 and is managed by GRM International on behalf of AusAID.
GRM is a leading international development management company specialising in the provision of project design, management expertise and technical assistance to development projects for bilateral and multilateral funding agencies, Governments and corporations.
It has more than 38 years of development experience, managing in excess of 700 projects in more than 120 countries for private, Government, bilateral and multilateral clients.
The program’s team of consultants will work closely with the Ministry of Education, non-government organisations, faith based organisations and other development partners.
They are based at Quality House at Gorrie Street, Suva.
The Access to Quality Education Program will be launched at the Suva Business Centre tomorrow, October 21.