Fayziddin Niyozov of the USAID Learn Together Activity (LTA) in Tajikistan explains how the activity is scaling a blended learning approach to teacher in-service training nationwide. LTA lives the principle "Design for Scale."
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The world has been facing a global learning crisis since even before the COVID-19 pandemic triggered widespread learning loss. In response, many countries are enacting reforms to improve foundational skills like reading, which require multiple coherent education system components that tightly align with learning and use cost-effective approaches to achieve and sustain outcomes at national scale.
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In Tajikistan, data-driven training, lessons from other countries, and community support have kept students — and teachers — learning.
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The USAID Read with Me project provided more than 1.3 million age-appropriate reading books to primary schools in Tajikistan, reaching more than 665,000 learners.
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This final report summarizes the achievements of the Kyrgyz Republic Quality Reading Program–Time to Read (TTR) which improved reading outcomes for primary grade students in the Kyrgyz Republic.
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At CIES 2021, Chemonics will join the global education community to share cutting-edge innovations and lessons learned on universal design for learning, reform, distance coaching, and more.
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The Learn Together Activity (LTA) is a five-year project which aims to improve Tajik primary students' learning skills, with a focus on improving reading comprehension, critical thinking skills, and mathematics.
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In Tajikistan, USAID distributed 600 Braille books to specialized schools and classes in 2020. Thanks to USAID, now children with low vision have access to Braille books and more opportunities to read.
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Audrey Spencer explains why disability identification and policy reform alone can leave teachers and students waiting and calls for more immediate, practical techniques to create inclusive classrooms.
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Faced with limited books, trained librarians, and physical space, the USAID Read with Me project plans to extend training to reach librarians from 2,800 schools and to donate 800,000 books to 75 percent of schools in Tajikistan before the project ends in 2021.
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The USAID Read with Me project inspires a new generation of student writers and cultivates literacy among Tajikistan’s youth, while providing the country’s teachers with new and innovative tools for advancing analytical reading.
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With a priority on education for all children, USAID’s Read with Me project incorporates modern pedagogy training focused on inclusive learning for children with disabilities. This is supplemented by in-class and out-of-school reading activities for teachers, students, and parents.
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