IADB helps Belizean schools affected by COVID-19 closures

The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a modification to the Education Quality Improvement Program II loan to assist school communities to address  the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The $10 million loan and $2.5 million grant will be executed over a period of five years. 

The modification will support primary and secondary schools in the shift to a hybrid education model with a mix of remote and face-to-face learning, and with the grant source of financing the integration of migrant students through multicultural education.

The project will finance three areas. First, Inquiry- and Problem-based learning in primary schools through remote and hybrid modalities, including the provision of e-learning devices.  Second, a Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) School, and training of secondary education teachers in student-centered and gender-sensitive STEAM learning. Third, multicultural education and intensive English language instruction for students whose first language is not English psychosocial support.  This program is expected to benefit 129 schools.