USAID Supports Education and Employment
Summit
March 06, 2007
HYDERABAD – Education specialists from
six-countries gathered in Hyderabad today at the
annual “Education and Employment Summit.” The
meeting brings together partners of the Education
and Employment Alliance, an initiative supported by
the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID).
Summit
participants from Egypt, Indonesia, Morocco,
Pakistan, the Philippines and India will exchange
experiences on working with public and private
organizations to support youth education and
employment. The Education and Employment Alliance
has over 20 programs that support youth education
and training that rely on resources from
governments, corporations, NGOs and community
groups.
In India, the
Education and Employment Alliance supports the
Quality Education and Skills Training (QUEST)
Alliance, an initiative which seeks to improve
education and workforce training for disadvantaged
youth.
Representatives
of the Education and Employment Alliance’s corporate
and other partner organizations participated in the
Summit, including the Azim Premji Foundation, the
Community and Progress Foundation, Dr. Reddy’s
Foundation, Pratham, Microsoft, WIPRO and Lucent
Technologies.
In India, USAID’s
support for education focuses on improving the
quality of education through the use of technology
and other strategies to reach underserved and
vulnerable children. Programs including QUEST reach
more than 14 million children in Andhra Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.
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