Learning

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.

This series is intended for Education Officers in USAID partner countries and implementing partners who are designing and managing new activities, evaluations, and/or research efforts.

While some youth report struggling in leadership roles due to a perceived lack of experience, SafePlan Uganda and KCEO are showing that programs led by youth are successful not in spite of their leadership but because of it.

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.

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. 

USAID visited two Young Women Transform Prize grant recipients to gain insight into what methods produced the best outcomes and collect lessons learned about how other organizations might incorporate youth-led approaches in their program design.

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.

Why does USAID use a Positive Youth Development approach, and how can education practitioners integrate PYD into their programs?