USAID: Education and Universities

USAID Education Strategy
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50 Years of Achieving Real Results in Childhood Literacy
For the past 50 years, USAID and a growing number of partners have been working to improve the quality of education in developing countries with an emphasis on boosting child literacy.
USAID Global Workshop on Education and Development: From Evidence to Action
August 22-25, 2011; Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Reading and Writing a Better Future: USAID and Afghan government focus on turning modest education gains into lasting achievements

Education & Universities

USAID’s goal in education is to improve lives and create opportunity. To achieve this goal, USAID is implementing a five-year Education Strategy, Education: Opportunity though Learning, that focuses resources, encourages innovation, and strives to meet the global need for improved access to a quality education for children, youth, and adults. USAID’s Education Strategy is based on the premise that education is foundational to human development and critical to broad-based economic growth and poverty reduction and is focused on the achievement of three goals by 2015:		NASA Congratulates USAID on Education Strategy from Space. USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah kicks off 2011 Literacy Day celebration. Visit our All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development Web site. Provided by twitter.com.
	Goal 1 Improved reading skills for 100 million children in primary grades
	Goal 2 Improved ability of higher education and workforce development programs to produce workforce with the relevant skills to support country development goals
	Goal 3 Increased equitable access to education in crisis and conflict environments for 15 million learners
“Together, we have the ability to eradicate illiteracy, provide safe spaces and learning opportunities for the most vulnerable children and create engines of economic growth through higher education institutions.” Administrator Rajiv Shah

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