Giving grants to 150 rural schools in Mexico
Discover Social Profit through Investing in Education
Resources
*To learn more about 150 AGEs project, click here.
Project team
Manuel Felix, Investing in EducationLucero Bolanos, Mexican Ministry of Education, CONAFE
Harry Patrinos, World Bank
Vicente Garcia, World Bank
Paul Gertler, University of California at Berkeley
Project contact: Manuel Felix
(email project contact)
Description
The project promotes parents’ participation in the education of their children by awarding grants of $600 to parents’ associations working with primary schools in rural communities throughout Mexico.
Activities
Investing in Education will provide grants to parents’ associations of 150 schools within five southern Mexican states: Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guerrero, Puebla and Yucatán. Grants will be used to renovate classrooms and sanitary services and to purchase school inputs. Investing in Education supports parents’ associations in order to promote their participation in school management and ultimately to improve the quality of education their children receive.
Evaluation
Two researchers, Paul Gertler, of the University of California at Berkeley, and Harry Patrinos, of the World Bank, will evaluate the effectiveness of the project. If evaluations demonstrate that the project is effective, Investing in Education intends to expand the project throughout Mexico in collaboration with the Mexican Ministry of Education.
Long-term impact
Investing in Education seeks to expand the 150 AGEs project in collaboration with local communities and the Ministry of Education, so that parents’ associations and children across Mexico benefit from a better quality of education.