DECENTRALIZING EDUCATIONAL PLANNING

PROJECT COMPLETES STAFF TRAINING FOR OSPE, REGIONAL, ZONAL OFFICES. PARTICIPANT TRAINING IN EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS, BUDGETING, AND PROGRAMMING IS PROVIDED OVER 4 YR TO 28 OSPE AND REGIONAL PLANNERS. RETURNED TRAINEES WORK IN THEIR SPECIALTY AREAS AND FORM CADRE OF EXPERTISE FOR IN-SERVIE TRAINING UNIT, ESTABLISHED TO TRAIN LOCAL (NEC) PLANNERS. EXISTING OSPE, RETURNED PARTICIPANTS, FOREIGN EXPERTS CONCENTRATE ON PLANNING, BUDGETING, ACCOUNTING, DALA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS, ADMINISTRATION, RECORDS MAINTENANCE, EVALUATION SKILLS OF 210 PLANNERS IN LEAST DEVELOPED NECS DURING IN-SERVICE TRAINING SESSIONS. PROJECT ALSO PROVIDES FOR RESEARCH, ESPECIALLY DEVELOPMENT OF SOUND DATA BASE AND COST SHARING/SAVING METHODS. 30 OSPE AND REGIONAL LEVEL STAFF RECEIVE TRAINING IN TECHNIQUES. STUDIES UNDER PROJECT INCLUDE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TECHNIQUES, EDUPERU SIMULATION MODEL OF EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, SAMPLE FRAME FOR EVALUATIONS, ALTERNATIVE PERUVIAN SOURCES OF FUNDING, STANDARDS FOR STATISHES, FEASIBILITY OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTERS (LIBRARIES, LABS, WORKSHOPS IN CENTRAL NEC LOCATION). PLANNING METHODOLOGY HANDBOOK, GLOSSARY OF PLANNING TERMS, POLICY MANUAL ON AUTHORITY OF VARIOUS PLANNING ORGANISMS, SPANISH TRANSLATIONS OF FOREIGN WORKS ARE PUBLISHED. OFFICE EQUIPMENT IS SUPPLIED TO ALL REGIONAL, ZONAL OFFICES AND SELECTED NECS. OSPE HAS COMPLETE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OVER ALL ASPECTS OF PROJECT. USAID PROVIDES 1 LONG-TERM ADVISOR, CONSULTANTS, EQUIPMENT, TRAINING. GOP CONTINUES SALARIES, OPERATIONS OF DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM.