(e) Replenishment of textbooks for additional pupils in each Standard at the beginning of
the plan and thereafter replenishment of textbooks every three years;
(f) Giving 3 exercise books per subject per child for all standards, 1 slate per child in
Standard 1, 3 pencils per child in a year for all children in Standards 1-4 and 3 pens per
child in a year for all children in Standards 5-8;
(g) The Primary Curriculum Assessment Review (PCAR) curriculum rolled out to all
Standards by 2009/10 and taking into account special needs;
(h) The Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) programme rolled out to all schools starting with
Standard 1 in 2007/08 and being completely rolled out to all Standards by 2014/15;
(i) The Interactive Video Learning (IVL) programme rolled out to 50 schools in 2007/08
and increased to 50 more schools for each year;
(j) Increasing the number of classrooms operating as double shift from 15.2% of the total in
2007/08, peaking at 20% in 2012/13 and ending with 15% in 2017/18;
(k) The number of schools constructed will increase by 50 every year;
(l) Number of classrooms to be constructed being 2,930 in 2007/08 and being reduced to
400 by 2017/18;
(m) Provision of grants to communities to erect standard classroom shelters in difficult areas
where it will not be possible to immediately build classrooms and follow up in later years
to build the classrooms – more information to follow;
(n) Teachers houses – 1,000 constructed every year from 2008/09 until the end of the NESP
period in 2017/18;
(o) Grants to schools for the support of orphans. Starting with the support of 20% of
schools in 2009/10 to 100% of schools by 2013/14;
(p) Support to girls in isolated areas for Standards 6, 7 and 8 in term s of monetary incentives
starting in 2009/10;
(q) Establishment of mother groups in all schools to support girl education in primary
schools by 2017/18;
(r) School feeding programmes to benefit 635,000 children from 2008/09 onwards;
(s)
School Health and Nutrition, including HIV/AIDS programmes, to be provided to all
school children in public primary schools;
(t) xx. Communities will be strengthened through monetary support and training
throughout NESP period through the continued roll-out of the National Strategy for
Community Participation; and
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