The Government of Norway has agreed to contribute an additional grant assistance of Rs 1.83 billion to the pool of School Sector Reform Programme (SSRP).
At an event organised at the Ministry of Finance in Kathmandu on Friday, December 5, 2014, Joint Secretary and Chief of International Economic Coordination Division at the Ministry of Finance Madhu Kumar Marasini and Ambassador of Norway to Nepal Kjell Tormod Petterson signed the addendum to the Financing Agreement.
SSRP was implemented as a first support under Sector Wide Approach modality to the Government of Nepal where the government takes the lead in implementing, monitoring and evaluating its School Sector Plan and the contribution of development partners are pooled into one basket. The Government of Norway has been one of the pool partners since its inception.
This programme mainly aims at reforming public schools with quality and inclusive education towards achieving the goal of "Education for All" in Nepal. The programme was originally planned to end in Fiscal Year 2013/14. However, the Government of Nepal decided to extend it for another two years considering its continued relevance,
The Government of Norway has been supporting SSRP as one of the prominent pool partners since 2009. The extended Joint Financing Agreement among pooling partners, including Norway, has already been signed as a guiding framework for joint financing.
On the occasion, Joint Secretary Marasini expressed sincere appreciation to the Government of Norway for its assistance and also for its continued support in the socio-economic development of Nepal.
KATHMANDU, December 6, 2014 (RSS)