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

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Children outside classrooms of a school in Honduras.
Systems Strengthening

Resource Roundup: Seven Ways to Strengthen Systems for Literacy Outcomes

USAID’s vision is a world where partner country education systems enable all children and youth to acquire the education and skills needed to be productive members of society.
September 19, 2023
Resource dissemination is a tool in the fight against extreme poverty. In rural Cambodia, there is very little distribution of printed materials, which makes it hard to spread key knowledge and insight. By providing people with more information and better education, they can begin to pull themselves out of extreme poverty.
Reading & Literacy

Resources to Foster Literacy

Every year, the global community comes together to celebrate International Literacy Day on September 8. Literacy for all is fundamental to learning, paving the way for access to inclusive education.
September 15, 2023
Children outside classrooms of a school in Honduras.
Systems Strengthening
September 19, 2023

Resource Roundup: Seven Ways to Strengthen Systems for Literacy Outcomes

USAID’s vision is a world where partner country education systems enable all children and youth to acquire the education and skills needed to be productive members of society.
Lebanon
Education in Crisis and Conflict
November 5, 2021

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.
EiE graphic
Education in Crisis and Conflict
March 30, 2020

Strengthening Education in Emergencies Data

The MEERS program is a four-year activity that supports data collection, data analysis, research, training, and capacity building related to the most pressing education issues in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Education in Crisis and Conflict
March 25, 2020

Next Steps in Strengthening Education in Emergencies Data

This presents the newly released “Long-term vision and Action Agenda for education in emergencies data,” an outcome of the Education in Emergencies Data Summit held in Geneva on June 2019.
Saffa Girls School
Youth Workforce Development
July 9, 2019

Why Youth Skills? And Why Measure Them?

The UN’s World Youth Skills Day, observed this year on July 15, raises awareness of the importance of developing youth’s skills.
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. 
Dr. Creencia and her team prepare to inspect the hatching baskets kept underwater.
Higher Education
April 29, 2019

Driving Economic Growth Through an Education and Industry Partnership

Workers with higher education and in-demand technical skills are more likely to thrive and contribute to their country’s journey to self-reliance and resilience. But economic growth doesn’t always go hand in hand with a skilled workforce.