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Read guidance, learning summaries, evidence trends, and country reflections from USAID and its partners.

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Syrian Teacher Teaching Children to Read in Jordan
Disability Inclusive Education

What We’re Learning in Social and Emotional Learning

This series is intended for Education Officers in USAID partner countries and implementing partners who are designing and managing new activities, evaluations, and/or research efforts.
May 10, 2022
Creative Associates for All Children Reading
Information and Communication Technology

CIES 2022: Spotlight on Distance Learning

The 2022 Comparative & International Education Society Conference brought together researchers, analysts, practitioners, and students in the field of international education to explore a wide range of educational issues.
May 16, 2022
Africa University students at 11 med sot lecture hall
Higher Education
March 17, 2022

USAID Investment Establishes a New Higher Education Learning Network

USAID makes a new investment in higher education with the creation of the USAID Higher Education Learning Network (HELN).
Chheng Sambo, RTI International
Disability Inclusive Education
March 1, 2022

New USAID Commitments to Disability Inclusive Education at the 2022 Global Disability Summit

At the 2022 Global Disability Summit (GDS), USAID announced new commitments to disability inclusive education, cementing its role as a leader and joining global partners to advocate for education for every learner.
From left to right on stage: H.E. Mohamed Hussein Roble, Prime Minister of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Bazoum, President of Niger, H.E. Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone, GPE Board Chair Julia Gillard and youth leader Sikemi Okunrinboye. On the screen (L to R): Selina Nkoile (Kenya Youth Leader), Malala Yousafzai (co-founder of Malala Fund) and Josephine Kamara (Sierra Leone Youth Leader). London, July 29, 2021 Credit: GPE/Tom Whipps
Education Finance
September 2, 2021

What Happened at the Global Education Summit

The 2-day hybrid event secured record commitments of international, domestic and private funding for education. Be sure to access our resources to find out what you might have missed.
West Africa Regional Conference
Higher Education
June 7, 2021

How the VSFS Internship is Advancing Higher Education Storytelling at USAID

The Center for Education Higher Education VSFS internship is structured in two parts: one, a group project, and two, an individual project. This structure allows interns to gain experience publishing work both individually and collaboratively.
Youths studying at the Learning Resource Center in Buchanan, Liberia.
Education Finance
February 23, 2021

Engaging Non-State Schools

The USAID Center for Education has developed six guidelines in the Good Practice Brief on Engaging Non-State Schools to inform agency stakeholders on incorporating non-state schools.
Charles Makamo, a participant of the Innovation Scholars Program, and his design team test their innovation at Standard Bank in Lilongwe, Malawi with end-users.
Higher Education
February 11, 2021

The Resilience of Higher Education Institutions During COVID-19: Lessons from Malawi, Philippines, and Senegal

Higher education institutions must continually adapt to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. These three case studies show how three universities served as central actors in crisis response and in locally-led development.
The Strengthening Higher Education Access in Malawi (SHEAMA) activity, supported by USAID, focuses on increasing Malawi’s skilled and employable workforce – especially rural adolescent girls and young women and vulnerable young men. In response to COVID-19, SHEAM formed a Distance Learning Taskforce. The taskforce is composed of faculty from across the 5 public universities and is focusing on ensuring continuity of learning in universities through distance learning amidst the pandemic.
Higher Education
November 10, 2020

Higher Education’s Response to COVID-19

The landscape map identifies the actions taken by higher education systems and higher education institutions in select USAID partner countries to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on students, institutions, communities, and countries.
Opening of Can Tho University Maker Innovation Space
Higher Education
October 27, 2020

A Program Framework for Higher Education

USAID has developed the Higher Education Program Framework. The framework is one of several new HE resources being released by the Center for Education to inform USAID higher education program design, implementation, and strategic planning.