Project Duration:
2003-2007

Objective:
Strengthening Capacity in Basic Education in Western China (SCBEWC) is a bi-lateral project between the Government of the People's Republic of China and Canada. It supports the goal of the Chinese Government to improve the quality and relevance of, and access to, basic education in the Western poverty-stricken regions. The Project purpose is to strengthen basic education through enhanced teacher training systems using distance education in selected poorer counties of Western

China.Project Partners:
Implementation of this 5-year (2003-2007) project is the responsibility of the National Center for Educational Technology (NCET), an agency of the Chinese Ministry of Education and a consortium of Canadian organizations lead by Agriteam Canada Ltd. and including Alberta Learning, the University of Calgary, Athabasca University and the University of Alberta.

Project Counties:
Yuanzhou (in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region), Xiji (in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region), Tianquan (in Sichuan Province), Kangding (in Sichuan Province), Shanshan (in Xinjiang Uygher Autonomous Region), Altay (in Xinjiang Uygher Autonomous Region).

Project Funding:
Canada invests 12 million Canadian Dollars and China invests 118.278 million RMB yuan.

Homepage of the Project: http://www.ncet.edu.cn/cida