Early Grade Reading Activities in Egypt
2013-2014
This case study was designed to examine progress in scaling up and institutionalizing Egypt’s Early Grade Reading Program (EGRP) during 2013, the final year of which the Ministry of Education (MOE) was supported by the US Agency for International Development- (USAID-) funded Girls’ Improved Learning Outcomes (GILO) project, and 2014, when the MOE managed EGRP without external technical or logistical support. The study also aims to articulate lessons learned and make recommendations for future directions. Due to restrictions on RTI business travel to Egypt during 2016, the study is predominantly based on document reviews carried out by the principal investigator, complemented by inputs from GILO’s Chief of Party, and exchanges with other RTI technical expert staff.