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

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Manija practices reading in Braille with her teacher Roziya during a home visit.
Disability Inclusive Education

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.
December 15, 2020
In Haut-Katanga, a mother ensures access to the best signal on her phone while her children listen to a radio lesson
Reading & Literacy

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.
November 20, 2020
Faculty Member Nguyen Ba Hai at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education
Higher Education
May 1, 2019

Engineering Education in Vietnam Through Private Sector Engagement

Until recently, Vietnam had an agricultural-based economy, with a higher education system catering to a small percentage of the population. Engineering soon emerged as a field which could play a key role in supporting further growth and development. 
Education in Crisis and Conflict
March 7, 2019

South Sudan: Adaptive Systems in a Conflict and Crisis Setting

The signing of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) in January 2005 ended decades of civil war. The end of the war created favorable conditions in southern Sudan for the rehabilitation and development of basic social services, including education.
Internally displaced school children play chess at a child-friendly space at Rubkona, Bentiu.
Education in Crisis and Conflict
September 3, 2018

South Sudan: Approaches to Delivering Primary Education During Conflict

Despite South Sudan’s Education Act of 2012, which dictates that primary education be free for all, the harsh realities of an ongoing civil war has left South Sudan with the highest proportion of out-of-school children in the world.