USAID Rwanda Early Grade Reading Portfolio Overview Presentation - For McGovern-Dole FY 2020.pdf

Rwanda Early Grade Reading Portfolio Overview

June 3, 2020

Development Challenges

Number of years of school Rwandan children can expect to attend by their 18th birthday

Number of learning-adjusted years of school

P2 students who cannot read a single word of a simple Kinyarwanda passage in one minute

6.6

3.8

47%

USAID Country Development Cooperation Strategy 2020-2025

Development Objective: Improved Learning Outcomes

IR 2.1:

Improved inclusive and quality early grade literacy classroom instruction

IR 2.2:

Strengthened education systems management

IR 2.3:

Strengthened community support for learning

Early Grade Reading Project (2015 - 2020)

2016- July 2021 $72.4 million Implementing Partner: Chemonics

2016- July 2021 $10.8 million Implementing Partner:

Save the Children

2017- March 2020 (closed activity) $2.3 million Implementing Partner:

UNICEF

Soma Umenye Aims to improve student reading in P1 - P3 in all public and government aided schools in Rwanda by improving the quality of classroom instruction:

• Implementing an evidence-based in-service teacher training and coaching program

• Strengthening the pre-service teacher training program

• Increasing availability and use of evidence-based and gender-sensitive early-grade reading materials

• Strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Education to lead the reading reform process

Soma Umenye Progress to date

• Trained all P1-3 teachers (~12,000) on evidence-based reading instruction

• Distributed 1,476,577 P1-P3 Kinyarwanda textbooks

• Establishing 14,634 classroom libraries

• Established Early Grade Reading benchmarks and approach to Comprehensive Assessment

• Support to learners with disabilities under Special Needs and Inclusive Education Policy

Mureke Dusome

Aims to improve the reading skills of Rwandan children in P1-P3 nationwide by:

• Strengthening the capacity of school leadership to improve student literacy through school-community partnerships

• Increasing effective community and parental involvement to improve literacy skills

• Forming community-based structures to support reading

• Fostering a culture of reading

Mureke Dusome Progress to date

• Established 2,500 reading clubs

• Trained 5,000 literacy champions

• Reaching 750,000 children with community literacy activities

• Parent-School Partnerships for Education training in 17 districts

• Supported MINEDUC to develop National Literacy Policy

• Soma Rwanda Secretariat, implementation of National Literacy Month

COVID-19 Response

• P1-P3 Kinyarwanda audio lessons

• Digital storybooks and audiobooks + storybooks and a children’s magazine

• National Reading Campaign and messaging about how parents can support their children’s education

• Youth volunteers contacting families of children with disabilities

• M&E of remote learning

• Support to school reopening plan

• Continue supporting GOR efforts to improve literacy outcomes up to P3

• Continue improving school-based instruction and systems

• Continue strengthening community structures for literacy

LEARN Project (2020 - 2025) in design process

Thank you!

Murakoze!