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

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Youth Workforce Development

Youth Skills: The Whole Picture

When it comes to young people, the term “skill building” is deceptively simple. On the surface, it might seem that “skills” directly relate to the abilities needed to perform a task or get a job.
July 5, 2022
The Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain Africa
Higher Education

Lessons Learned: Building and Tapping into Alumni Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Country Higher Education Institutions

The first survey provided valuable insights to the CARISCA project team and KNUST administrators.
July 25, 2022
Photo: Doreen Okeyo reads a passage from the TUSOME textbooks during an English lesson.
Disability Inclusive Education
April 14, 2020

Tusome's Approach to Inclusive Education in Kenya

Kenya implemented the Tusome Early Grade Reading Activity in 2014. It introduced interventions at the grade 1 level beginning in 2015. Taking its name from the Kiswahili word for “let’s read,” the Tusome program was a five-year, nationwide effort.
Photo: Rashid Ngala reads a story from the TUSOME textbooks.
Disability Inclusive Education
March 19, 2020

Course Correction Proves Essential to Scaling up Kenya’s Literacy Program

In 2010, less than ten percent of Kenya’s primary school-aged children were reading at the national level benchmarks. Ten years later, largely due to the success of the Tusome program, nearly 66 percent of grade two students now read at grade level.