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Reading & Literacy

The Urgent Need to Focus on Foundational Skills

By the time the pandemic will be over, learning poverty will most probably rise by at least 10 percent as the impacts of school closures, lost learning hours, and increased dropout rates take their toll.
November 5, 2021
Lebanon
Education in Crisis and Conflict

Resilience in Return to Learning

Each of the case studies examines, describes, and analyzes the specific localized processes and decision-making of education system stakeholders from March 2020 to April 2021.
November 5, 2021
A first grade class in the El Hadji Amadou Cissé school in Kaolack Commune, March 2020
Systems Strengthening
February 3, 2021

How to Use USAID Performance Data: Three Takeaways from the 2019 Education Data Briefs

The USAID Data and Evidence for Education Programs (DEEP) team recently worked with DDI/EDU to develop a series of education data briefs, covering disability-inclusive education, foundational skills, higher education, and youth workforce development.
Manija practices reading in Braille with her teacher Roziya during a home visit.
Disability Inclusive Education
December 15, 2020

Accessible to All: Creating Learning Materials for Children with Disabilities in Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tajikistan

Here are some examples from Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tajikistan that show how good practices in the provision of accessible learning materials are being put into practice during COVID-19.
Children start their day by singing nursery rhymes and songs in post-earthquake Nepal. Photo By Kashish Das Shrestha for USAID.
Education in Crisis and Conflict
December 15, 2020

USAID’s Top 10 Education Highlights in 2020

Education content in 2020 focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected students across the world. Here are the top resources, blogs, and events USAID released this past year.
A student reading a book. Photo by Eric Onyiego/USAID Kenya
Disability Inclusive Education
December 1, 2020

USAID Studies Explore Current Trends in Disability Inclusive Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

A literature review found that children with disabilities are less likely to get to school and, even when they do attend, less likely to stay in school. Learn more notable findings from the literature review in this blog post.
In Haut-Katanga, a mother ensures access to the best signal on her phone while her children listen to a radio lesson
Reading & Literacy
November 20, 2020

The DRC’s Accelere!1 Pilots Remote Reading Program During COVID-19

In the DRC, ACCELERE!1 (A!1), a USAID and UKAID funded project implemented by Chemonics, has launched “Lecture pour la vie,” a local language interactive audio instruction radio pilot program in response to COVID-19 school closures.
Students from USAID’s Prioritizing Reform, Innovation, Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teacher, Administrators & Students (PRIORITAS) project
Education in Crisis and Conflict
November 19, 2020

Reigniting Learning: Five Essential Strategies to Help Learners Catch-up During Crises

USAID’s new evidence review, Reigniting Learning: Strategies for Accelerating Learning Post-Crisis, identifies evidence-based strategies to adapt the curriculum, modify instructional time, and refine pedagogy to accelerate learning.
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.
A participant in USAID's Bridges to Employment
Youth Workforce Development
October 28, 2020

Pivoting in a Pandemic: Youth in El Salvador Create Essential Supplies for Healthcare Workers

USAID’s Bridges to Employment partner INTRADESA, a textile company in El Salvador, recently shifted its production from casual clothing to protective gear for healthcare workers. Here's how they did it.