Learning

In this blog, second in a series of six, we apply a regional lens to the HELA to take stock of USAID’s HE engagement across the Agency’s regional bureaus. 

USAID commissioned the Higher Education Landscape Analysis (HELA) to take stock of the depth of its HE programming across sectors and regions. The HELA found that during fiscal years 2014-2018, USAID implemented five primary activity types.

Let’s look at six ways USAID’s Higher Education programming in the timeframe of the Higher Education Landscape Analysis was inclusive of marginalized or vulnerable populations.
 

Here are five recommendations the Higher Education Landscape Analysis team made to USAID taking into account the lessons learned, challenges, and gaps the review identified. 

We recently spoke with Tamara Jacques, an Education Program Advisor in Haiti, about the challenges that Haiti faces at the governmental level as well as within their education system.

The USAID Education Policy’s focus on “sustained, measurable improvements in learning outcomes and skills development” is at the heart of USAID’s work in education finance, and USAID’s interest in education finance is focused on sustainability.  

In 2010, Kenya faced a severe learning challenge. While nationally education received significant funding (23.7 percent of the government expenditure), the majority of funds went to salaries.

The following retrospective focuses on systems strengthening initiatives that exist across global organizations, within sectors at USAID, and then more specifically in education programs in Africa.