Education

Education is Transformational

When children and youth are prepared to go to school, learn, and gain the skills they need for life and work, they are able to build more hopeful and prosperous futures for themselves, their families, communities, and countries. Education is the great equalizer and the great enabler. When children and youth are prepared to go to school, learn, and gain the skills they need for life and work, they are able to build more hopeful and prosperous futures for themselves and their families, communities, and countries.

Our Focus

The U.S. Government Strategy on International Basic Education guides our work overall across U.S. departments and agencies. The Strategy works to achieve a world where education systems in partner countries enable all individuals to acquire the education and skills needed to be productive members of society.

The USAID Center for Education within the Bureau for Inclusive Growth, Partnerships, and Innovation (IPI) advances the USAID Education Policy which aims to achieve sustained, measurable improvements in learning outcomes and skills development. 

The priorities of the policy are:

• Children and youth, particularly the most marginalized and vulnerable, have increased access to quality education.
• Children and youth gain literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills that are critical to future learning.
• Youth gain the skills they need to lead productive lives, gain employment, and positively contribute to society.
• Higher education institutions have the capacity to be central actors in development.

Supporting opportunities for lifelong learning allows countries and societies to prepare for and adapt to changing economies and environments.
-USAID Education Policy

The USAID Education Policy is accompanied by Program Cycle Implementation and Operational Guidance, which provides information on operational aspects of the policy. 

Results and Progress

USAID recognizes that achieving sustainable solutions to global challenges in education and beyond requires us to work in close collaboration with countries, partners of all sizes, citizens and the wider development community. In Fiscal Year 2023 alone, USAID supported education programs and partnerships in 55 countries. Programs from pre-primary through tertiary: 

• Reached 40.1 million learners in pre-primary through tertiary education, including vocational, and workforce training;
• Reached 18.7 million girls and women across the education continuum;
• Trained more than 909,000 educators and school administrators with professional development activities;
• Provided workforce development programs for 113,000 individuals;
• Provided over 830 higher education institutions with capacity strengthening support.

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