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Ethiopia
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663-009
USAID MISSION: Ethiopia
PROGRAM TITLE: Basic Education (Pillar: Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Quality and Equity in Primary Education System Enhanced, 663-009
STATUS: CONTINUING
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $11,750,000 DA; $200,000 CSH
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $11,050,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY2001 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2007Summary: Basic Education includes the following components:
- pre-service teacher training programs developed in 19 Ethiopian teacher training institutions;
- in-service teacher training programs implemented through site-based centers and distance education;
- interactive radio instruction and supplementary materials quality improved;
- community-government partnerships strengthened; and
- education management systems, including personnel, financial, material management, and monitoring, evaluation, and planning, improved.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will fund activities that enhance the quality of classroom instruction through the use of student-centered, active-learning methods, improve course curriculum and content, and strengthen classroom practice teaching. Classroom interventions will be supported through the purchase of textbooks, classroom materials, and interactive radio lessons. Up to six linkage grants between Ethiopian teacher training institutions and U.S. universities will be funded to strengthen the use of current classroom technologies and curricula and provide opportunities for U.S. teachers to demonstrate up-to-date class teaching techniques. A primary education degree program will be initiated to strengthen pre-service teacher training.
Beneficiaries over the next six years:
- 40,000 teachers trained;
- 50,000 principals and teachers up-graded through in-service programs;
- 5,000 school committees established ;
- Over 3,000 planners, supervisors, curriculum developers trained; and
- Access for thousands of disadvantaged children.
USAID will expand site-based teacher in-service training programs to 10,000 teachers. Cluster-based resource centers will be provided equipment and reference materials. Self-instructional course modules and the use of interactive radio instruction materials will be developed and expanded to include grades one and two in 11,000 primary schools. Classroom materials that focus on HIV/AIDS, nutrition, environment, and other subjects will also be developed and distributed to all primary schools.
The capacity of 500 school management committees to take over the management of their community schools will be strengthened through training in strategic planning and management. Modest cash incentive awards will be granted to committees that present the best strategic plans. Local education officers will be provided training in education management and supervision. In addition, grants to improve alternative education delivery methods will be made to 200 committees to ensure more equitable learning opportunities for the disadvantaged, particularly pastoralists and girls.
Demand-driven technical assistance and limited commodities that enable regions to automate and efficiently plan and manage their human and material resources will be provided to focus regions. Policy studies will be funded and disseminated to appropriate bodies to influence planning decisions. In addition, funds will be provided to the Ministry of Education to develop and apply nationwide grade four and eight testing and standards. Training will also be provided to decision makers and planners to improve their capacity to make timely and informed decisions.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID'S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID will continue to fund: pre-service teacher training programs in 19 Ethiopian teacher training institutions; in-service teacher training programs to an additional 10,000 teachers; the interactive radio instruction program; community-government partnership grants to 800 schools; and education management systems improvement (including personnel, financial, material management, monitoring, evaluation, and planning).
Performance and Results: USAID activities in basic education began in 1995 with the aim of improving the quality and equity of primary education. New primary textbooks using regional languages and the active-learning approach were written. A program for producing supplementary reading materials, especially those written by teachers, has supplied new regional language books. Extensive capacity building for curriculum specialists was undertaken with the build-up of effective monitoring and evaluation systems involving teachers. Evaluation results helped to improve the materials, strengthen the flow of information to and from the schools, and increase the involvement of curriculum developers through in-service programs for teachers. An effort to make the instructional materials gender balanced has been integrated into all of USAID activities.
USAID's pre-service teacher education activities improved the quality of teachers by building academic staff capacity; improving instructional materials; strengthening facilities for producing instructional materials and teaching aids; providing computers and computer training; supporting programs of co-curricular activities that encourage the success of female students; and increasing administrative efficiency.
USAID has strengthened the community-school relationship through incentive grants to over 1,400 schools. The school management committees for these schools now have the capacity to diagnose their educational problems and plan future development. This innovative undertaking has changed the quality and gender equity of the school environment.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Academy for Educational Development (prime), World Learning Incorporated (prime), Tigray Development Association (prime), Participating Agencies Collaborating Together (prime), and Save the Children - USA (prime).
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
663-009 Quality and Equity in Primary Education System Enhanced CSD CSH DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 0 0 0 Expenditures 0 0 0 Unliquidated 0 0 0 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 10,872 0 0 Expenditures 94 0 0 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 10,872 0 0 Expenditures 94 0 0 Unliquidated 10,778 0 0 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 0 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 200 11,750 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 0 200 11,750 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 0 11,050 Future Obligations 0 0 32,728 Est. Total Cost 10,872 200 55,528
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