[{"bbox": [158, 154, 1108, 209], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Students, particularly those at the high school level who have been active in seeking improvements in school budgets, infrastructure and teaching."}, {"bbox": [158, 221, 1109, 302], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Academia and tertiary education, whose aim is to promote better quality in initial and in-service teacher training which is provided by both universities and teacher training institutes. Specialised teacher training in literacy, science and mathematics needs to be enhanced."}, {"bbox": [109, 342, 623, 375], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [109, 391, 477, 419], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1. Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [120, 430, 1109, 564], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action will accompany Paraguay's recently adopted Sectoral Education Plan known as the Education Improvement Programme 2023-2028 \"Namombarete Tekombo'e\", whose overall objective is to improve the quality of education through better access and learning outcomes for all students, strengthening teacher training, increased coverage of technical and vocational education and training, and improved educational management at all levels and modalities."}, {"bbox": [120, 575, 1108, 630], "category": "Text", "text": "Zones of intervention of the Action: national but with a particular focus on the regions of Concepción, San Pedro, and Amambay."}, {"bbox": [120, 641, 1109, 723], "category": "Text", "text": "**The overall objective (impact) of this Action is to contribute to reducing inequalities in Paraguay through the development of human capital that allows access to more job opportunities with a focus on the three regions of Concepción, Amambay, and San Pedro.**"}, {"bbox": [120, 734, 508, 762], "category": "Text", "text": "**The specific objectives of this action are:**"}, {"bbox": [120, 772, 1108, 828], "category": "Text", "text": "1. Strengthen technical and vocational education and training and consolidate the National Qualifications System to take advantage of labour market demand and in particular Concepción, Amambay, and San Pedro."}, {"bbox": [120, 837, 1108, 893], "category": "Text", "text": "2. Improve access and retention in the education system to increase learning outcomes with a focus on the most vulnerable groups in Concepción, Amambay and San Pedro."}, {"bbox": [120, 903, 792, 932], "category": "Text", "text": "The outputs that contribute to **specific objective no. 1** are the following:"}, {"bbox": [120, 942, 1109, 1048], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1 Improvement of the development of training and certification of competences, through TVET interventions in its three levels of attention: basic vocational training, intermediate vocational training and technical baccalaureate and higher technical training with a focus on needs in Concepción, Amambay and San Pedro."}, {"bbox": [120, 1060, 1108, 1116], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2 Strengthening of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) with the consolidation of the National Qualifications System and the regular updating of professional profiles."}, {"bbox": [120, 1126, 1109, 1207], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.3 Strengthening of the institutional framework in the sector of Technical and Vocational Education and Training with established links between the Ministry of Education and Science (MEC), the Ministry of Labour (MTESS), and the private sector."}, {"bbox": [120, 1219, 792, 1247], "category": "Text", "text": "The outputs that contribute to **specific objective no. 2** are the following:"}, {"bbox": [120, 1258, 1109, 1336], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1 Increased access and retention rates for the most vulnerable (girls, indigenous population, poor, disabled, etc.) with a special focus on lower and upper secondary education in its various modalities in the intervention areas."}, {"bbox": [120, 1349, 1108, 1404], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2 Improvement in the educational outcomes for the most vulnerable groups by focusing on educational institutions with low efficiency results in the zones of intervention."}, {"bbox": [120, 1415, 1109, 1495], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.3 Increased capacities at the MEC level to design and implement education proposals relevant to the contexts of vulnerability with a focus on basic and secondary education in its various modalities in the zones of intervention."}, {"bbox": [1097, 1653, 1121, 1675], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "10"}]