Education

First Group of Female Students Complete University Preparation Camp

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Ambassador Booth presents a certificate to one of the students.
Three of the students celebrate after receiving their certificates.
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12/05/2012

Representatives of 167 first-year female students received certificates today from U.S. Ambassador Donald Booth after completing the first stage of the USAID sponsored new University Preparation Camp (UPC) at Addis Ababa University (AAU).

New Textbooks to Help Ethiopian Students Improve English Language and Reading Skills

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Three of the new textbooks that will benefit children in grades 2 through 4.
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11/29/2012

USAID in cooperation with the Ministry of Education of  Ethiopia, developed and published enough textbooks to allow each child in grade 2, 3, and 4 to have their own textbook and improve their learning experience. The materials, developed in cooperation with Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University under USAID's Textbooks and Learning Materials Program, are fully aligned with Ethiopia’s national curricula, are culturally relevant to the Ethiopian context, and incorporate significant cross-cutting themes, such as gender sensitivity and equity, hygiene, HIV/AIDS and community responsibility.

USAID Ethiopia Mission Director Dennis Weller presented the new textbooks to Ethiopia’s State Minister of Education Ato Fuad Ibrahim at the Ministry of Education in Addis Ababa. 5.5 million textbooks are being distributed across the country and complemented by USAID's capacity building support to teachers in improved methods and use of the new materials.

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Reading for Ethiopia’s Achievement Developed (READ)

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Date of Operation: 2012 - 2017

Primary Implementing Partner: Research Triangle Institute International (RTI)

Other Implementing Partners: Save the Children, SIL Lead, Inc., Florida State University (FSU), Inveneo, WhizKidz, and Visions in Action

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal: Improve reading comprehension and writing proficiency in primary schools as the foundation for future learning, covering seven of the major Ethiopian languages and English

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USAID Revives Boys and Girls Scouts in Ethiopia

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National Scout Jamboree encourages girls as students and as leaders
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For five days beginning on September 17, 2012, approximately 500 scouts from two city administrations and the 9 different regions of Ethiopia gathered at the Defense Engineering College in Debre Zeit for the 4th Ethiopian National Scout Jamboree. This is the first jamboree (an international term used to describe a large gathering of scouts) since 1966!

Scouting in Ethiopia began in 1934, but various political upheavals interrupted the scouting movement until it was reinstituted in 1992. However, the Ethiopian Scouting Association (ESA) was fragmented and did not have the capacity to organize large events like a jamboree. USAID funded the travel and camping expenses of scouts and provided tents, uniforms, backpacks, water bottles, and other scouting equipment that helped make the jamboree a success.

The Education Alternative

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Community in Tigray stands outside Education Center
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Through an innovative USAID-sponsored project, over a quarter of a million rural Ethiopians living beyond the reach of the formal system now have access to basic schooling. In just 10 years, the “it-takes-a-village” model is outperforming some of the country’s more established schools.

In Ethiopia, as in much of sub-Saharan Africa, pens are a treasured commodity. Give a child a pen and you will see a smile worth all the Western world’s Christmas mornings.

Yet lack of basic school supplies just begins to scratch the surface of the country’s educational woes. Historically, most Ethiopians have not had formal schooling. Twenty million youth and 30 million adults have not been taught basic skills.

While huge advances have been made in recent years in getting students into classrooms, literacy remains abysmally low due primarily to poor teaching and lack of materials. Dropout rates are on the rise. Only a quarter of the country’s boys and less than 20 percent of its girls continue to study beyond primary school. But at least, some argue, these children have schools to attend.

Sustainable Water Resources: Capacity Building in Education, Research and Outreach

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Date of Operation: 2010 – 2013

Implementing Partners: American Council on Education (ACE)/Higher Education for Development (HED)

Other Implementing Partner: University of Connecticut and Alabama A&M University

Regions of Operation: Addis Ababa

Goal:

Build the capacity in graduate-level education, research, community outreach, and institutional development in sustainable water resource management in Ethiopia.

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Teacher Development in Primary Education Strengthened

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See also: Crosscutting Issues

Date of Operation: 2002 – 2014

Primary Implementing Partner: International Foundation for Education and Self Help (IFESH)

Regions of Operation: Addis Ababa, Amhara, Oromia, SNNP and Tigray

Goal:

Help improve the quality of primary education through capacity building of teacher education institutions in the training of primary school teachers and teaching of English.

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School-Community Partnership Serving Orphans and Vulnerable Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (SCOPSO)

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Date of Operation: 2009 – 2013Boys and girls in classroom

Primary Implementing Partner: World Learning Inc.

Other Implementing Partner(s): Tigrai Development Association (TDA)

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal:

Provide quality comprehensive services to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) affected by HIV/AIDS in primary schools, with a focus on improving retention and learning achievements.

Objectives:

  • Support school enrollment, attendance, and academic achievement of OVC
  • Engage teachers, caregivers, and other young people to provide OVC psychosocial support
  • Provide supplementary nutrition and critical health services
  • Create a protective environment and increase access to legal services
  • Ensure safe shelter and stable and loving care arrangements for OVC
  • Increase household income

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