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Education

Objective: Increasing access to quality education and suitable learning environments

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Overview

USAID’s education strategy is designed to support basic education, higher education, and literacy combined with productive skills training for out of school youth and adults. In each of these sub-sectors, USAID focuses on improving teaching, institutional systems that sustain quality teaching, providing instructional materials, and constructing learning spaces. Program activities include training and technical assistance to strengthen teacher and administrator performance; development of teacher-training curricula, performance standards, a teacher certification system, and information systems; printing of textbooks; and construction of classrooms and teacher education facilities.


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Kabul  | Sunday, October 01, 2006
اداره انکشافی بین المللی ایالات متحده حمایت خود را از پروگرام ملی سواد آموزی در افغانستان اعلام نمود
کابل، افغانستان – محترم حنیف اتمر وزیر معارف افغانستان در جریان سفیر اخیراش با جیمز کوندر، سرپرست معینیت اداره انکشافی بین المللی ایالات متحده ملاقات نمود. در ملاقات متذکره آقای جیمز کوندر حمایت دولت امریکا را از پروگرام ملی سواد آموزی در افغانستان که مبلغ 22 میلیون دالر امریکای میشود جهت پیشتیبانی از هدف وزارت معارف (ایجاد افغانستان باسواد) اعلام نمود. در این پروگرام وزارت معارف، سازمانهای دولتی و خصوصی و اداره انکشافی بین المللی ایالات متحده مشارکت خواهند داشت

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 Education

USAID’s education strategy is designed to support basic education, higher education, and literacy combined with productive skills training for out of school youth and adults.

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FY02-FY06 ED Spending: $281 M
FY07 ED Budget: $62 M
(incl. supplemental request)

Accomplishments

Basic Education
  • 5+ million students enrolled in school according to 2006 Ministry of Education data, vs. 900,000 under Taliban

Accelerated Learning (APEP/AL)

  • Over 150,000 students completed the accelerated learning program, a nearly 90% completion rate; girls constitute 55% of students who completed the program 

  • 10,400+ teachers were trained to conduct accelerated learning program

Capacity Building

  • 65,000+ teachers trained via radio
  • A cadre of education advisors working with counterparts at Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher Education to strengthen planning, management and evaluation of teacher education
  • Established International School of Kabul, K – 12 American style grade school
  • Established a 4 year liberal arts university, American University of Afghanistan

School Construction

  • Over 670 schools constructed and/or refurbished as of August 2007

Teaching Materials

  • 60+ million grade school textbooks printed (08/07)

Non-Formal Education

  • Established Women’s Teacher Training Institute (WTTI) 
  • Established a cadre of  literacy trainers
  • Developed literacy-related materials that can be used nation-wide
  • 9,200+ literacy learners trained in 190 villages in five provinces
  • 850+ self-help savings groups initiated, of which 420+ were women's groups
  • 200+ community banks formed and lending within their own communities

Last updated July 24, 2008

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