Accomplishments: Education

Weekly Update #8 تقرير رقم 7 USAID funds school bags for all Iraqi secondary students Baghdad, Iraq Accomplishments: Education Objectives include: increasing enrollment and improving the quality of primary and secondary education, ensuring that classrooms have sufficient materials for the start of the new school year in October, facilitating community involvement, training teachers, implementing accelerated learning programs, and establishing partnerships between U.S. and Iraqi colleges and universities. Schools throughout Iraq successfully reopened the first week in October. Rehabilitated more than 1,590 schools for the beginning of the school year in October. Awarded 218 grants worth $3.28 million to rehabilitate schools and education Directorate General (DG) offices across the country. Delivered to date: 75% of 1.5 million secondary student kits; 50% of the 808,000 primary student kits; and 75% of the 81,735 primary teacher kits 75% of the 241,000 pieces of secondary school furniture and 33% of the 58,000 chalkboards Edited 48 math and science textbooks grades 1-12; 5.3 million books printed to date. 70% printed in Iraq and 30% in Jordan. Textbooks currently under distribution. 4000 children surveyed for 5 pilot accelerated learning programs. Trained 63 Master Trainers in Baghdad while concurrently developing a country wide teacher and administration staff training program. USAID is supporting capacity building at the Ministry level in Education Management Information Systems, administration and finance, teacher training and resource mobilization. Under the Higher Education and Development (HEAD) program, awarded three grants worth nearly $12 million to U.S. universities to form partnerships with Iraqi institutions in the areas of archeology, environmental and agricultural research, extension programs and legal education reform. USAID Announces U.S. - Iraq University Partnerships - 10/03/03 Iraq Update: Revitalizing Education - 09/03 (PDF) Transcript: Education Sectoral Conference - 09/11/03 Rehabilitating Iraq's Basic Education System Transcript: Education Sectoral Conference - 06/24/03 Iraq Higher Education Program - 05/30/03 Last Updated on: November 04, 2003