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Information and Communication Technology

Navigating ICT4E Projects in Low-Resource Settings

The question is no longer whether ICT has a role to play in education, but rather how ICT-driven interventions can be most useful and effective in improving learning and facilitating positive educational outcomes. 
January 17, 2020
Students playing mobile games
Information and Communication Technology

Using Mobile ICT to Strengthen Education Systems

A country’s journey to self-reliance in education depends not only on teaching and learning, but it also relies on a commitment to effectively plan, finance, and deliver education and related services. This system-strengthening process is a key step in transforming schools and education systems, and Information and Communications Technology is playing a key part in it.
March 13, 2019
Men performing survey practicals on campus
Higher Education
November 14, 2019

How USAID’s Higher Education Programming Has Evolved

A recent retrospective prepared by interns in the Office of Education provides an in-depth look at the history of the Agency’s HE programming. Higher Education: A Retrospective takes the reader through the Agency’s HE engagement decade by decade.
One of Safeplan Uganda’s beneficiaries makes chapati and sells it. She's been using the business and communication skills she's learned through Safeplan Uganda to improve her business and income.
Youth Workforce Development
November 13, 2019

Lessons Learned for Effective Youth-Led Programming

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.
Teaching students applied research and technology skills
Higher Education
November 8, 2019

What Does Higher Education in USAID Programs Look Like?

This blog is the first in a series of six where we break down the Higher Education Landscape Analysis for you.
Agronomic Engineering student doing an internship for a research project
Higher Education
November 8, 2019

Three Regional Takeaways from the Higher Education Landscape Analysis

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. 
U.S.-Egypt Higher Education Initiative Launch
Higher Education
November 8, 2019

Five Primary Types of USAID-Funded Higher Education Activities FY 2014-2018

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.
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.
 
Student Mentoring Session
Higher Education
November 8, 2019

USAID’s Higher Education Portfolio: Where Do We Go From Here?

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. 
Annet, the Executive Director of Safeplan Uganda.
Youth Workforce Development
November 7, 2019

Young Women Transform Prize Recipients Tackle Unemployment with a Holistic Approach

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.

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