Uruguay Learning Quality Tender

Scope :

The Project’s Development Objective is to strengthen pedagogy, governance, and the use of infrastructure in the Borrower’s public pr imary, secondary, and technical/vocational schools.


The US$ 40 million Strengthening Pedagogy and Governance in Uruguayan Public Schools Project will contribute to implementing the new skills-based curriculum through teacher training, professionalization of school directors, and adaptation of school infrastructure to respond to students’ learning needs, with a focus on the most vulnerable students.

The US$ 40 million Strengthening Pedagogy and Governance in Uruguayan Public Schools Project will contribute to implementing the new skills-based curriculum through teacher training, professionalization of school directors, and adaptation of school infrastructure to respond to students’ learning needs, with a focus on the most vulnerable students.

As part of the process of the ongoing transformation of the Uruguayan education curriculum, the project will develop pedagogical activities, courses and workshops that allow primary, secondary and vocational education teachers to update their skills to work within the framework of the new skills-based curriculum. It will also contribute to improving school governance, providing directors with the management tools they need to better perform their duties and to promote pedagogical innovations spearheaded by teachers, directors and students that can be subsequently taken to a national scale. Finally, primary school facilities will be improved, especially those in the poorest sectors. These infrastructural reforms will enable schools to shift from single to extended schedules, and to offer their students more learning time. All these actions are designed to achieve more resilient, autonomous schools that plan for and guarantee better learning for all.

Project financing comes from a variable spread loan with a maturity period of 14.5 years and a grace period of five years.