Review of Disability-Inclusive Education in USAID Asia Education Programming

This report examines disability-inclusive basic education programming, specifically focused on early-grade reading, implemented and coordinated by USAID Missions in Asia to identify gaps or potential incentives to improve the education sector’s response to disability inclusion. Specifically, this review looks at USAID Asia early grade education activities that are either ongoing or recently completed (since 2015). 

This report also presents findings from both a desk review (consisting of a review of activity documentation and surveys of USAID Missions and ongoing activities) of 26 activities across 11 countries in Asia and three case studies conducted in Tajikistan, the Philippines, and Bangladesh. The primary objective of the case studies was to understand better the collaboration on disability-inclusive education between USAID Missions, host governments, implementing partners, and other educational stakeholders within each country. Furthermore, the case studies provided an opportunity to explore how past activities and education systems within each country have influenced the development and implementation of new basic education activities as they relate to disability inclusion.