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Haiti
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521-004
USAID MISSION: Haiti
PROGRAM TITLE: Education (Pillar: Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Increased Human Capacity, 521-004
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,500,000 ESF
PRIOR YEAR UNOBLIGATED AND FUNDING SOURCE: $0
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,500,000 DA; $3,132,000 PL 480
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1997 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2004Summary: USAID's education program seeks to improve the quality of primary education through the following interventions:
- training for teachers and school directors in school and classroom management;
- distance education by radio in math and Creole reading;
- provision of equipment, supplies, and training for small "clusters" of cooperating primary schools; and
- institutional strengthening for local NGO partners and establishment of parent-teacher associations.
Inputs, Outputs and Activities: FY 2002 Program: The education program funds in-service training for teachers and school directors, radio education programs in math and Creole for primary schools, and provision of school supplies. In 2002, USAID will scale back the training component and focus on the distance education activity. Distance education (programs broadcast by radio) will almost certainly be expanded to include coverage of older students, out-of-school youth, and adults. In order to ensure maximum impact from the use of distance education, USAID will develop training and learning materials that reinforce the broadcast information. These materials will focus on changing behavior in ways that support other USAID programs such as health and governance. To maximize synergy across sectors, activities will be implemented in geographical locations where USAID has ongoing activities.
In line with USAID policy and the recommendations of a final P.L. 480 Title II program evaluation, school feeding as a stand-alone activity will decrease in FY 2002 in favor of food assistance directed at more vulnerable segments of the population -- including children under age five -- which will be implemented under the health program. USAID will initiate a school and household survey in FY 2002 to monitor the impact of this change in strategy, making adjustments along the way as conditions warrant.
Planned FY 2003 Program: The distance education program described above will be implemented in FY 2003. Implementation options, including the cost-benefit ratio of current program methods and activities, will be examined during the mid-term review of USAID's strategic framework for Haiti. The P.L. 480 Title II program will continue at FY 2002 levels, with adjustments as warranted by the FY 2002 survey.
Performance and Results: Impact is measured by: the number of staff trained; the effect of training on school management and students' academic performance; the number of active parent-teacher associations in project areas and the number of projects they carry out; and increased skill levels within NGO organizations (e.g. accounting, fund-raising, and organizational management). Program impact will also be measured by the size of audiences reached and changes in knowledge and/or behavior as a result of newly expanded educational broadcasts.
150,000 children have been taught math and Creole reading through interactive radio instruction, resulting in average achievement scores in USAID project schools higher than in schools not receiving USAID assistance. There has been a marked improvement in academic performance among the roughly 5% of Haitian primary school students attending USAID-assisted schools. During the 1999-2000 school year, student scores from radio instruction in math and Creole reading in project schools were about 54% higher in math and 15% higher in Creole reading than student scores in schools not supported by USAID.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: The Academy for Educational Development (AED) is presently USAID's principal partner in the education sector in Haiti; however a contract for the second-phase program will be competed during FY 2002. Ten Haitian NGOs implement USAID-funded education activities, either through cooperative agreements with USAID or under the AED contract. CARE and Catholic Relief Services provide school feeding, health, and educational services through the PL 480 Title II program. Save the Children implements a community school program under a USAID cooperative agreement. Partners also include NGOs working at the local level, both in education and in other areas of direct relevance to USAID programs, including health, family planning, democracy, and economic growth.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
521-004 Increased human capacity CSD DA ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 1,390 1,093 16,350 Expenditures ,390 1,093 9,505 Unliquidated 0 0 6,845 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 0 0 5,920 Expenditures 0 0 6,544 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 1,390 1,093 22,270 Expenditures 1,390 1,093 16,049 Unliquidated 0 0 6,221 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 0 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 0 2,500 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 0 0 2,500 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 2,500 0 Future Obligations 0 2,500 0 Est. Total Cost 1,390 6,093 24,770
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