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Message: <blockquote data-quote="topkollek" data-source="post: 31184945" data-attributes="member: 510150">The relevant project is the Education Sector Development Program (ESDP) (project ID 39293-037), approved in 2013. ADB provided a $200 million results-based loan to support the government's efforts to revamp the secondary school system. This included modernizing curricula, improving access to subjects like science, commerce, and technology streams (especially in rural areas), enhancing teaching quality, raising pass rates, and reducing youth unemployment by better aligning education with workforce needs. It was ADB's first results-based lending program, where disbursements were linked to achieved outcomes.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This program supported Sri Lanka's Education Sector Development Framework and Program (2013–2017).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It was implemented in the mid-2010s, with references to its impacts continuing into the early 2020s (e.g., photo essays and evaluations around 2022).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It is now completed, not an active or pending funding source.</li> </ul>Later ADB support for education reforms in Sri Lanka included:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A $400 million loan in 2020 (approved December 2020) for the Secondary Education Sector Improvement Program (52203-001), focused on upper secondary reforms under the General Education Sector Development Plan 2020–2025, emphasizing STEM, commerce, and skills for a knowledge-based economy. This is larger than $200 million and covered a different phase.</li> </ul>No evidence from ADB's official sources or recent reports (up to 2025–2026) shows a new or pending $200 million loan or grant specifically for education reforms awaiting disbursement now</blockquote>

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