Improving Education for Central Asia’s Children
In October 2007, USAID and its education sector partners celebrated completion of the USAID-funded Participation, Education and Knowledge Strengthening (PEAKS) project. The project improved the education environment for more than 370,000 students in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan by training over 7,000 teachers and administrators in interactive teaching and school management, providing over 60,000 resource materials for teachers, and helping local communities to renovate schools. The project developed a network of 18 school-based training and resource centers, where teachers from neighboring areas can upgrade their skills. These centers also serve as models and resource hubs for other schools in their areas.
The project contributed to efforts to solve the problem of limited funding available for schools by introducing a new per capita school finance mechanism that promotes greater equity and efficiency in education spending. In Tajikistan, this model has been replicated by other donors and picked up by the government for nation-wide implementation. The PEAKS project ran from January 2003-October 2007 and was implemented by the Academy for Educational Development.
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Thousands of children across the region enjoy interactive teaching methods, introduced to their schools by the USAID-funded PEAKS project
Photo Credit: PEAKS |
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