The agreements were signed at the Economic Relations Division in Dhaka on Thursday by Kazi Shofiqul Azam, secretary of ERD, and Manmohan Parkash, country director of ADB. The agreements include a $100 million grant for displaced people in Cox's Bazar camps, a $25.44 million grant for solar-powered pumps in irrigation, and a $225 million loan for improving secondary education quality and relevance. Parkash mentioned that the grant for Cox's Bazar was processed quickly after receiving a request from the government in May 2018. He also stated that the secondary education project will support the government's reform efforts to prepare youths for the growing economy, and the solar-power project will help enhance energy security and reduce environmental pollution. The ADB has allocated a $100 million grant to assist displaced individuals in Cox's Bazar who are currently residing in camps. The focus of the project will be on improving water supply and sanitation, disaster risk management, energy, and roads. Specifically, the funding will be used to repair roads within the camps to enhance connectivity to essential food distribution and storage facilities, as well as provide emergency access. Additionally, the project will include resurfacing the road from Cox's Bazar to Teknaf, along with other critical sections. A portion of the funding, amounting to $25.44 million, will be used to install around 2,000 off-grid solar photovoltaic pumping systems in areas lacking electricity access, resulting in an estimated 19.3 megawatts-peak of solar capacity. By replacing diesel pumping systems with off-grid solar photovoltaic pumps, the project aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 17,261 tons annually. The secondary education project, set to finish in 2023, is assisting the government's comprehensive secondary education development program with support from development partners in a coordinated way. The government aims to increase the number of secondary school students by approximately 3.5 million by 2023, which will necessitate hiring an extra 145,000 teachers and building 10,000 more schools. The $225 million ADB aid will focus on creating a competency-based curriculum, encouraging the use of ICT in teaching, and improving classroom assessment.