Project Description

RTI International provided technical assistance and training support to the Government of Egypt’s Ministry of Education (MOE) for the implementation of the Egypt Primary Learning Program (PLP), a nationwide early grade learning program for young girls and boys in primary school. RTI collaborated with MOE to: (1) Strengthen early grade and remedial reading instruction, learning materials, and instructional approaches; (2) Improve early grade mathematics teaching, learning materials, and instructional approaches; (3) Develop cost-effective national assessments for reading and mathematics; (4) Institutionalize sustainable pre-service and in-service professional development systems for early grade teachers and supervisors; and (5) Improve the education delivery system and build the capacity of Governorate and Idara (district) teams to develop and implement education plans that include budgets for early grade learning, incentives, and needed human resources.

Project Partners
USAID Middle East Bureau
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