Learning

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

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Charles Makamo, a participant of the Innovation Scholars Program, and his design team test their innovation at Standard Bank in Lilongwe, Malawi with end-users.
Higher Education

The Resilience of Higher Education Institutions During COVID-19: Lessons from Malawi, Philippines, and Senegal

Higher education institutions must continually adapt to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. These three case studies show how three universities served as central actors in crisis response and in locally-led development.
February 11, 2021
Manija practices reading in Braille with her teacher Roziya during a home visit.
Disability Inclusive Education

Accessible to All: Creating Learning Materials for Children with Disabilities in Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tajikistan

Here are some examples from Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tajikistan that show how good practices in the provision of accessible learning materials are being put into practice during COVID-19.
December 15, 2020
Photo: Young people walking
Gender and Girls Education
July 28, 2020

Understanding the Evidence around School-Related Gender-Based Violence

Across the globe, students do not always attend school in a safe setting, and many experience unacceptably high rates of school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV).
Photo: One of KCEO’s female mentors. She is paraplegic and is able to relate well with other women with disabilities.
Disability Inclusive Education
January 3, 2020

Serving Marginalized Populations in Kenya Through Entrepreneurship Training and Advocacy

Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and KCEO’s Young Mothers Incubation Program has served over 200 women with disabilities, empowering them to be active in their communities through entrepreneurship and advocacy.
Photo: Students at Soyama Primary School in Sidama Zone
Reading & Literacy
December 20, 2019

USAID's Top 10 Education Resources of 2019

Before we move into 2020, we wanted to take a look back at what education looked like in 2019.
Third-year nursing students at the Kenya Medical Training College, Kisumu County.
Higher Education
November 8, 2019

Higher Education and Inclusion: A Win-Win Strategy

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.
 
Girls enjoying buddy reading time
Reading & Literacy
June 11, 2019

How a Partnership with Peace Corps Increased Education Outcomes

In 2010, USAID and the Peace Corps signed the Global Education Framework (GEF) agreement to further encourage collaboration between Peace Corps and USAID in implementing programs that advance host country educational goals.
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

Gender and 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.