Primary education programme

The Peruvian primary education programme supported the Peruvian government in modernising the education sector in the area of early childhood education. The project promoted access to and the quality of early childhood education opportunities in rural regions of Peru with high levels of poverty (Huancavelica, Ayacucho and Huánuco) through the expansion of infrastructure, the provision of suitable learning material and play equipment, teacher training, and the institutional reinforcement of the Ministry for Education. Financial Cooperation contributed EUR 9.7 million to the project, which was implemented as part of a parallel financing package with the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Of the forecasted total costs of around EUR 107 million, IADB contributed EUR 17.6 million; the Peruvian government’s counterpart contribution is due to amount to EUR 79.7 million.