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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
Integrated Reading Activity in Bamako, Mali.
Education Finance
September 13, 2019

A Framework to Promote Education Finance

Using this framework, USAID staff and implementing partners can make sustainable investments that enable all children and youth to get the education and skills needed to be productive members of society.
Children enjoy being in school on their day off in Luang Prabang, Laos
Education Finance
September 13, 2019

Guiding Principles for Education Finance

The USAID Education Policy’s focus on “sustained, measurable improvements in learning outcomes and skills development” is at the heart of USAID’s work in education finance, and USAID’s interest in education finance is focused on sustainability.  
Soyama Primary School in Sidama Zone
Education Finance
September 13, 2019

What is Education Finance?

The concept of education finance addresses questions about how resources are allocated, used, and accounted for to achieve sustainable, quality education for all children and youth. 
A peer educator at Ruthimitu Mixed Secondary School talks to fellow students.
Youth Workforce Development
August 26, 2019

Fundamentals of Positive Youth Development

Why does USAID use a Positive Youth Development approach, and how can education practitioners integrate PYD into their programs?
Kenyan boys in class.
Education in Crisis and Conflict
August 21, 2019

The Role of Social Emotional Learning and Soft Skills in USAID Policy

The 2018 Education Policy recognizes the important role social and emotional learning and soft skills play in predicting the long-term success of children and youth. The brand new USAID Education Policy Brief aims to support USAID staff in this work.
Certification Ceremony
Higher Education
August 20, 2019

Developing Future Leaders of Kosovo Through Higher Education Partnerships

As a young, independent Balkan nation working toward integration to the European Union, Kosovo’s development priorities include strengthening governance and reforming its public administration and education systems. 
Wings to Fly scholarship recipients in Kenya
Systems Strengthening
August 5, 2019

Getting Started in Private Sector Engagement for Education

USAID’s first Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Policy is a call to action that outlines a new vision of collaboration with a wide spectrum of private sector actors. 
Student Reading Aloud
Reading & Literacy
July 26, 2019

The Science of Reading Instruction

When children don’t learn to read by age 8, they’re more likely to fall behind academically, drop out of school, and live in poverty according to this recent article from APM reports.

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