About | Teaching & Learning

Basic Principles

• Target under-served communities & school
• Focus on Teachers, children, and learning
• Build on existing policies, systems, & institutions
• Create partnerships
• Foster equity & participation

School Cluster Selection

• Proximity of schools
• Balance of urban & rural school
• Public & private schools
• Interest, capacity, & commitment
• Synergies with other USAID programs
• Collaboration with other donor programs

Stakeholders & Partners

Cluster-based Training

• Active Learning Communities (teachers + principals + school committee)
• Master Teacher Trainers (MTTs) as Facilitator of student learning
• District Learning Communities (DLCs) support MTTs & link DBE1 district activities
• Local Universities as active participants in school environment

Active & Participatory Learning & Environment

• Support capacity building programs for active learning (classrooms, school management, community participation)
• Support development of (per cluster)
• Pilot Kindergarten
• Library program & grant for library improvement
• Learning materials for service learning/ civic education
• Promote/prepare teachers for multi-grade teaching

Education Performance Assessment

• Develop cost effective assessment tool to measure impact of select donor supported education reform project
• Support MONE in strengthening National Assessment of Basic Skills (reading, writing, and mathematics)

Information & Communication Technology

• Technology-assisted teacher training
• Digital libraries for Cluster Resource Centers (PDAs, VOIP, SMS, VCDs, wireless Internet)
• Stay-in-touch technology (Internet, mobile phones)
• Education Hot-spots (wi-fi)

Replication of Best Practices

• Best practices are replicated to non-DBE district/schools
• Document results of interventions