INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS RESOURCE CENTER -- PHASE I (PES CONDUCTED 1/7-18/80)

EVALUATION IS BASED ON MEETINGS BETWEEN USAID, HOST COUNTRY OFFICILAS, AND CONTRACT SPECIALISTS. PHASE I OF THE PROJECT IS NOW COMPLETE. IMRC HAS BEEN INTEGRATED INTO NTTC AND IS BEING UTILIZED AS PLANNED. THE DEMAND FOR IMRC SERVICES, WHICH ARE BEING GIVEN TO A VARIETY OF HOST COUNTRY AND DONOR ORGANIZATIONS, IS GROWING STEADILY. IN ADDITION, IMRC HAS CONDUCTED A NATIONAL SURVEY TO DETERMINE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS NEEDS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. PHASE I TRAINING OF IMRC STAFF (TO WHICH FOUR BASOTHO WERE RECENTLY ADDED) WAS LIMITED TO ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, BUT FOUR NTTC INSTRUCTORS WERE SELECTED FOR PARTICIPANT TRAINING IN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT AT THE BS LEVEL AND SIX MORE WILL DEPART FOR LONG-TERM PARTICIPANT TRAINING IN 6/80. SHORT-TERM, IN-COUNTRY TRAINING OF MOE PERSONNEL WILL BE PROVIDED IN PHASE II IN MATERIALS DESIGN AND THE PREPARATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. AS WAS ASSUMED, IMRC HAS BECOME THE MAJOR SOURCE FOR TRIALS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BUT ITS SUBJECT-MATTER PANELS ARE STILL NOT FUNCTIONING. IN THIS CONNECTION, A FLOW CHART CLARIFYING ROLES OF PROJECT AGENCIES HAS BEEN PREPARED AND A DRAFT HAS BEEN MADE INDICATING THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN ESTABLISHING PROJECT OBJECTIVES. (THESE LATTER MATERIALS ARE ATTACHED TO THE PES.) NINE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE CONCERNING THE NEED FOR THE MOE TO ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT AN INTEGRATED EDUCATION STRATEGY; SPEEDY COMPLETION OF NEW IMRC FACILITIES; GREATER COOPERATION BETWEEN PROJECT AGENCIES; REPLACEMENTS FOR DEPARTING NTTC TRAINEES AND COMPLETION OF PHASE I PARTICIPANT TRAINING; AND THE HIRING OF FUTURE CONTRACT PERSONNEL.