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Faculty Member Nguyen Ba Hai at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education
Higher Education

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. 
May 1, 2019
Dr. Creencia and her team prepare to inspect the hatching baskets kept underwater.
Higher Education

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.
April 29, 2019
Bangladesh
Systems Strengthening
October 19, 2018

The Mother of All Evaluations: Learning from 69 Education-Sector Evaluations

Evaluating programs can help us learn from them and design better ones; recently the Office of Education took this spirit farther and evaluated its evaluations.
Rwanda student
Gender and Girls Education
October 15, 2018

Good Practice in Inclusive Education: Lessons from Rwanda

In Rwanda, USAID-funded projects like Soma Umenye, Mureke Dusome, and Huguka Dukore promote gender equality in education, while working to improve reading and learning outcomes and developing young people’s work readiness skills.
Morocco
Youth Workforce Development
October 11, 2018

Better Gender and Youth Employment: Insights from the Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit

Global youth unemployment has hit women especially hard; young women are disproportionately unemployed, underemployed, and impoverished worldwide.
Saffa Girls School, West Bank
Gender and Girls Education
September 1, 2018

10 Reasons to Integrate Gender into Education Programming

Over the past decade, the global agenda on education and gender has shifted from a narrow focus on girls’ education to a broader goal of achieving gender equality and mainstreaming interventions to reduce inequities through education programming.
Arsi Zone, Oromia Region
Gender and Girls Education
September 1, 2018

Defining Gender

Gender-responsive education programs that promote increased access to, and completion of, quality education for both girls and boys yield multiplier effects. But what, exactly, do we mean when we talk about “gender?”

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