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Egypt
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263-022
USAID MISSION: Egypt
PROGRAM TITLE: Basic Education Improved (with emphasis on girls) (Pillar: Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Basic Education Improved to Meet Market Demands, 263-022
STATUS: New
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $20,800,000 ESF
UNOBLIGATED PRIOR YEAR FUNDS AND FUNDING SOURCE: $23,900,000 ESF
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $12,900,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2000 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2007Summary: USAID aims to increase girls' enrollments in targeted areas, improve the quality of teaching and learning, and improve the efficiency of basic education. Major program categories of assistance include—
- school construction in Upper Egypt to expand girls' primary school enrollments;
- community mobilization to increase parental participation and local school management;
- teacher training to build teaching skills and promote learners' critical-thinking skills;
- training to build pre- and in-service English language teaching skills;
- management training for headmasters, supervisors, and Faculty of Education reform;
- scholarships to enroll girls from poor communities in primary and preparatory education;
- non-formal life-skills education on health, rights, and literacy for young men and women;
- preschool education through an Egyptian "Sesame Street" to promote literacy/numeracy;
- parental education programs to help disadvantaged parents prepare children for school;
- U.S.-Egypt teaching exchanges to build a cadre of Master Teachers for cascade training; and
- piloted education reform efforts to decentralize administration and school management.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID plans to finance the construction of 40 schools under the New Schools Program in rural, Upper Egypt, where girls' enrollment is lowest. Training will be provided to mobilize communities for local school management to increase democratic, parental participation. Training will also be provided to thousands of teachers. Management skills of headmasters and administrators will be strengthened. NGO programs to expand non-formal education and life skills training will be provided for thousands of young men and women. Scholarships will be provided to nearly 5,000 girls who could not otherwise enroll in school. The program will support a new education reform pilot in Alexandria Governorate that demonstrates decentralized methods of school management, improved administration, and improved teaching practices. This strong public/private partnership pilot includes an unprecedented delegation of authority by the Ministry of Education for key management, curriculum, and administrative changes. Efforts will begin for the development of mid-level management training, Faculty of Education reforms and continued English language training in the private and public sector. Technical assistance, training contracts, and NGO grants will support these efforts. Together, they are intended to increase student enrollment, retention and achievement rates, as well as promote teaching quality, management efficiencies, and local public/private partnerships.
Planned FY 2003 Program: Construction under the "New Schools Program" (NSP) in rural Upper Egypt will be completed and construction of the 20 new schools in Alexandria Governorate will begin. Thirty existing schools in Alexandria will receive technical assistance for administrative management reforms and teacher training. Training and technical assistance, including capacity building for the Ministry of Education, Faculties of Education, mid-level management, English language training, and formation of a Board for a Leadership Endowment, will continue. NGO programs expanding non-formal life skills for young women and men may be supported. Other personnel, technical assistance, monitoring, and evaluation efforts are also planned.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID’S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Performance and Results: USAID currently manages an education portfolio of nearly $112 million. The goal is to expand enrollments and improve quality, benefiting more than 90 communities, 60,000 learners and more than 7,000 teachers,
administrators, and Ministry staff. According to the 2000 Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey, girls' primary school enrollment rates in rural Upper Egypt rose nearly 20%--to 74%--over the past five years. More than 20,000 girls benefited this year from USAID support, primarily in rural Upper Egypt, including 10,600 children enrolled in school for the first time in NSP schools. More than 7,000 teachers, supervisors, principals, facilitators, and private-sector English language providers were trained to promote child-centered teaching methodologies and to build English language teaching skills. More than 7,600 young women received non-formal, life-skills training and/or literacy classes. Scholarships helped 5,000 girls enroll in primary and preparatory schools. More than 3.5 million children under age eight regularly viewed the Egyptian "Sesame Street" series, building literacy and numeracy skills.
Under the New Schools Program, 10,600 children enrolled in 137 new temporary and 160 new multigrade primary schools. Six schools were constructed; five more are nearly completed. Seventy-three Community Education Teams were mobilized to promote democratic participation in local school management. Communities donated 61 plots of land for school construction. Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: USAID activities are implemented by CARE International (NSP, prime); World Learning (NSP, sub); Education Development Center (NSP, sub); Save the Children (scholarships); Center for Population and Development Activities (CEDPA) (adolescent life skills, scholarships); Academy for Educational Development (English language teacher training) and Sesame Workshop (Egyptian "Sesame Street"; prime), Karma Productions (sub).
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
263-022 Basic education improved to meet market demands ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 62,242 Expenditures 11,482 Unliquidated 50,760 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations -,240 Expenditures 25,160 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 62,002 Expenditures 36,642 Unliquidated 25,360 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 23,900 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 20,800 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 44,700 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 12,900 Future Obligations 36,540 Est. Total Cost 156,142
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