ADB Support to Education

An Overview

Shanti Jagannathan
Senior Education Specialist
Regional and Sustainable Development Department

Business Opportunities Fair

March 2015

FOR THOSE COMING TO ADB FOR THE FIRST TIME

Education one of the 5 core operational areas of ADB
Education by 2020: A Sector Operations Plan provides guidance
The mid term review of Strategy 2020 outlines expansion of
education to 6%10% of annual approvals from 3% in 20082012
ADB focus is on post-basic education, technical and vocational
education and training, and higher education.

How does ADB respond to

the needs of Developing
Member Countries?

Education Sector
Development:

Basic Education:

Improving quality and

completion. Continued
attention to equity
(girls, disadvantaged);
Learning
improvements

Sector-wide reform
programs to increase
quality and standards
in education.

Higher Education:
Secondary Education:
Universal secondary education,
strengthening quality,
introduction of STEM and
technology streams;
introducing ICT

Skills Development/TVET:
Workforce skills development; greater
role of industry in training provision,
relevance to job markets;
Demand for both cognitive and noncognitive skills (soft skills).

Increasing capacity and

quality; increasing access to
target population groups.
Support to countries to
expand and diversify higher
education for growth and
competitiveness.

2015-2017 Education Loans and Grants Pipeline

(US$2,545.5 million)

Pre-Primary
Broad
and Basic
Education
Sector Dev't Education
5.0%
6.3%

Technical
and
Vocational
Education
and Training
52.3%

East Asia Pacific

4.2%
0.6%
Southeast
Asia
25.9%

Secondary
Education
32.2%

South Asia
65.0%

By Subsector

Higher
Education
4.2%

Central and
West Asia
4.2%

Source: Draft WPBF 2015-2017 Data and updates from RDs

By Region

Education Projects (Loans and Grants) Approved in 2014

DMC
Project Name
Division Project Lead
KGZ Strengthening Education System Sector Development
CWPF
J. Asanova
Program (Education Reform Sector Development Project)
KGZ* Investment Climate Improvement-Subprogram 3
CWPF
R. Barreto
PRC Guangxi Baise Vocational Education Development
EASS
W. Walker
PRC* Gansu Baiyin Integrated Urban Development Project
EASS
S. Ishii
MON Skills for Employment
EASS
A. Maruyama
REG Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program PAUS
C. Thonden
(PARD) Tranche 1 (Additional Financing)
TON* Cyclone Ian Recovery Project
SPSO
M. Paniagua
BAN Skills for Employment Investment Program ($350M MFF)
SAHS
B. Panth
PFR1
IND** Kerala Additional Skill Acquisition Program (formerly
SAHS
S. Chakravarti
Supporting Skill Acquisition Program in Kerala)
SRI Skills Sector Enhancement Program
SAHS
G. Song
CAM Second Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education
SEHS
N. LaRocque
PHI Senior High School Support Program (formerly Education
SEHS
N. La Rocque
Improvement Sector Development Program)
VIE Second Lower Secondary Education for the Most
SEHS
E. Izawa
Disadvantaged Areas Project
IND Rural Education Project
PSIF1
A. Patil
*Multisector project with Education sector component
**with accompanying Capacity Development TA (JFPR) amounting to $1.5million

Approved
Amount
($million)
22.0
2.8
50.0
2.6
25.0
1.0
2.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
30.0
300.0
80.0
2.0

2015 Education Sector Pipeline by Region

Project Name

Total
Project Lead ($ million)

DMC
CWRD
KGZ*

Second Investment Climate Improvement Program, Subprogram 1 P. Sood

20.0

TAJ*
TAJ

Investment Climate Improvement Program

Strengthening Private Sector Participation in TVET

30.0
20.0

R. Barreto
A. Sumbal

70.0
EARD
PRC

Guizhou Technical and Vocational Education Development

Program (Standby)

S. Shakil

100.0

PARD
REG (PARD) Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program - Tranche 2 C. Thonden
SARD
BAN
Additional Financing for PEDP III
B. Chin/
R. van Dael
BAN
Secondary Education Sector Investment Program ($700M-MFF)- E. Tajima
PFR 2
IND
Odisha Skills Development Project
B. Panth

SERD
CAM
CAM
MYA

Strengthening Technical and Vocational Training II (Additional

financing)
Strengthening Secondary Education and Teaching of Math and
Science
Preparing Youth for the Workplace

13.6
120.0
185.0
110.0
415.0

N. Larocque

15.0

E. Izawa

30.0

C. Spohr

20.0
65.0

*Multisector program/project with education component

Total

663.6

2016 Education Sector Pipeline by Region

DMC
CWRD
UZB*
EARD
PRC

PARD
REG
(PARD)
SARD
BAN
IND
IND
IND
NEP

Project Name

Total
Project Lead ($ million)

E-Government for Public Sector Services Delivery, Tranche 1

Guizhou Vocational Education Development Program
(formerly Guizhou Technical and Vocational Education
Development) (2014 Standby)

10.0
S. Shakil

Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program - Tranche

3

Skills for Employment Investment Program (PFR-2)

Madhya Pradesh Skills Development Project
Supporting National Skills Development Programs
Skills Development Project
School Sector Program II

2.9

B. Panth
B. Panth
S. Chakravarti
S. Chakravarti
A. Inagaki
Subtotal

SERD
CAM
LAO
PHI

Fourth Education Sector Development Program

Second Technical and Vocational Education
Education Improvement Sector Development Program Phase 2 N. La Rocque

VIE

Second Secondary Education Sector Development

*Multisector program/project with education component

Total

125.0
150.0
200.0
150.0
50.0
675.0
30.0
25.0
250.0
100.0
405.0
1,092.9

2017 Education Sector Pipeline by Region

Total
($ million)

DMC
CWRD
KGZ

Project Name
Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project, Phase 3

20.0

KGZ*

Second Investment Climate Improvement Program, Subprogram 2

3.0

TAJ*

Investment Climate Improvement Program, Subprogram 2

3.0
26.0

EARD
MON*
SARD
BAN
IND
NEP
SRI

Ensuring Integration of People with Disabilities

8.0

Second Education Sector Development IP-Tranche 2

Seemandhara/Telangana Skills Development Project
Strengthening Higher Engineering Education
Additional Financing for Skills Sector Enhancement Program

225.0
150.0
50.0
100.0

SRI

Science and Technology Park Investment Project

40.0
565.0

SERD
CAM

Third Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education

20.0

Addressing Youth Employment Challenge (previously Employment

Generation Program)
Secondary Education Sector Teachers and Education Managers
Development Program

70.0

PHI
VIE

*Multisector program/project with education component

Project leads to be identified

Total

100.0
190.0
789.0

Knowledge Products on Education

Knowledge Products on PPPs in Education

Knowledge Products on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

and Workforce Skills Development

Higher Education in Dynamic Asia Series

Publications on Knowledge-Based Economies

Forthcoming Publications
Final reports emerging from the Regional Technical
Assistance on Education and Skills for Inclusive Growth
and Green Jobs
- Four country reports
- Regional report

Series of knowledge products that focus on Innovation for

Improving Higher Education

FOURTH ANNUAL ADB INTERNATIONAL S SKILLS

DEVELOPMENT FORUM
ADB EDUCATION FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE

ONGOING REGIONAL POLICY INITIATIVE:

Partnership for Innovation in Education in Asia and the
Pacific

Transforming
Education
for Impact

More information at:

www.adb.org/education