Highlights of PEDP-II

	35,000 new teachers No more untrained teachers Improved initial training Increased in-service teacher training Increased capacity in Primary Teachers Training Institute (PTI) Support pools of specialist educationalists in each district
	Establish Primary Education Cadre School Level Improvement Plan (SLIP) Upazila Primary Education Plan (UPEP) Excellent Teachers Awards Provision of Funds to SMC's Community Awareness and Participation Innovation Grants Primary Teachers Registration Strengthening and Capacity Building of NAPE Establish National Assessment Cell Increased Female Teachers
	1000 Assistant Upazila Education Officers (AUEOs) Teachers research Grant Continued Stipend for Students
	30,000 new and larger classrooms New Primary Teacher Training Institute (PTI) PTls renovated and given extended teaching and accommodation space New Upazilla Resource Centres (URCs) Sateilite Schools Support Additional space at DPE, district and upazila offices Renovation of model schools, Additional model schools
	Text books on time to all students Curriculum Support Packages Supplementary reading materials for all schools Gender sensitive materials
	Toilet facilities and safe drinking water Child appropriate chairs and tables Increased school contact hours Reduced class sizes
	Capacity building of DPE divisions Expanded EMIS and GIS network Specialist support at district level School Management Committees (SMCs) strengthened Training of School Management Committees (SMCs)
	Early identification of special needs and building system and school capacity to meet those needs Special support for disadvantaged communities Support to ethnic minority groups