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The project’s objective was to improve access to lower secondary education, by constructing 4 schools and extending the capacity of existing schools and their facilities in the target areas of Maputo Province and Gaza Province, thereby contributing to improvement of the quality of education. The project’s objective coincides with the development policy of Mozambique, which emphasizes the expansion of access to secondary education at the time of planning and also ex-post evaluation. It also coincides with the development needs of Mozambique, because there are very strong needs for the construction of secondary schools in order to respond to the rapid increase in the number of students who wish to receive secondary education. It was also relevant to Japan’s ODA policy at the time of planning. Thus, its relevance is high. The project cost and the project period are the same as planned, thus its efficiency is high. As to the effects of the project, 4 schools and 58 classrooms were constructed as planned, the number of students enrolled at those schools exceeded the original target, and other positive effects were revealed in terms of the access to secondary education such as improvement of educational environment and reduction in commuting time to schools. Thus, its effectiveness is high. There were some negative impacts of the project; for example, the IT classrooms of some schools were not utilized as planned, and the promotion rate declined in some grades of 2 schools in Maputo Province partly because the number of students per classroom far exceeded the capacity of the classroom. On the other hand, there were some positive indirect impacts as planned; the promotion rate improved in 2 schools in Gaza Province, and the learning attitudes of students and teaching attitudes of teachers also improved. Thus, the project’s effectiveness and impact are high. As to the aspects of operation and maintenance (O&M), there were no serious problems in the technical aspect, but there were some problems in the institutional and financial aspects, as well as the O&M situations. Thus, sustainability of the project is fair. In the light of the above, this project is evaluated to be highly satisfactory.