BILINGUAL EDUCATION

PRIMARY AGENT FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION IS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (INIDE). PROJECT DIRECTED AT LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION OF PERU"S QUECHUA AND SPANISH POPULATIONS. PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: 1. REGIONAL SEMINARS TO PRODUCE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, BILINGUAL EDUCATION JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES; 2. TRAINING COURSES FOR 20 TEACHERS WHO WILL BECOME SUPERVISORS IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM; 3. DEVELOPMENT OF EXAMINATIONS IN BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS; 4. FOUR WEEK REORIENTATION COURSES FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION TEACHERS; 5. DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING MATERIALS AND; 6. PRODUCTION OF SOCIO-LINGUISTIC AND SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE FIFTH REGION OF PERU. AID PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO THE GOP IN SOCIO-LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS, TEST DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT. GOP PROVIDES PERSONNEL ANDCOMMODITIES. PIO/T OF 1/20/75 CONTRACTS CORNELL UNIVERSITY TO CONDUCT BILINGUAL EDUCATION EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT THAT HAS DUAL DESIGN STRATEGY CONCERNED WITH: (1) INSTITUTIONAL AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION PLANNING, AND (2) INNOVATION IN PEDAGOCICAL PROCEDURE. A NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND REGIONAL BILINGUAL EDUCATION UNIT ESTABLISHED IN CUZEO TO SERVE THE FIFTH REGIONAL OFFICE IN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FOR THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT. THESE NEW AGENCIES WILL DEVELOP THE DATA BASE, DESIGN RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS AND PRODUCE PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATIONS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE COST-BENEFIT RATIO OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION.