Research On USAID's Reading Interventions Launched*
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published March 15, 2019 | 09:04 PM
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Director for Sindh and Balochistan, Michael Hryshchyshyn, Friday launched a report on research recently conducted to assess the significance of reading interventions under USAID Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP)
KARACHI (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / NNI - 15th March, 2019) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Director for Sindh and Balochistan, Michael Hryshchyshyn, Friday launched a report on research recently conducted to assess the significance of reading interventions under USAID Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP).
The report titled 'Early Grade Reading Innovations for Quality Education - Prospects for Scaling up,' was launched at an event organized by Sindh Capacity Development Project (SCDP), a component of SBEP.The research was commissioned to Aga Khan University's Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED), and analyzes the goals achieved under USAID's Sindh Reading Program (SRP), another component of SBEP aimed at improving early grade reading abilities of grade 1 and 2 students in government schools in target districts of Sindh.Michael Hryshchyshyn, USAID Director for Sindh and Balochistan said, "One of the objectives of the Program is to guide the school Education and Literacy Department (SELD) towards sustaining and further developing innovative interventions of SBEP through lessons learnt, and best practices for continued institutionalization.
"It is critical for policy makers to look for effective ways of using research based evidence for improving policies and establishing good practices in educational institutions.
"Government of Sindh has placed special emphasis on research in the education sector and is committed to developing and promoting a research culture within the education department," said Dr. Fozia Khan, Director Curriculum Wing, School Education and Literacy Department.According to the report, USAID SRP early grade reading interventions reached 432,000 students and provided professional development opportunities for up to 15,500 government teachers in order to improve their capacities to teach reading effectively.
As a result students under SRP showed relatively better scores on EGRA as compared to their counterparts who did not receive reading interventions. NNI
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