NIGERIA: Tests Show Jump in Achievement with Radio Instruction
December 16, 2009
NIGERIA: Tests Show Jump in Achievement with Radio Instruction A passerby at a humble rural school in Nigeria’s Kano state would have heard grade three school children singing “we come to make you happy learning, learning, as we go.” The... Read More
NIGERIA: 30 Percent Almajiri Students are Girls, USAID Study Reveals
December 16, 2009
NIGERIA: 30 Percent Almajiri Students are Girls, USAID Study Reveals USAID recently funded a study using the Creative Associates’s State Education Sub-Accounts methodology in Nigeria’s northern capital cities of Kano and Gusau. In a striking result, 30 percent of the... Read More
TAJIKISTAN: Educator Passionate About Helping Fellow Teachers
December 16, 2009
TAJIKISTAN: Educator Passionate About Helping Fellow Teachers Fayziddin Niyozov counts Don Quixote among his literary heroes, but his positive impact on teachers in his native Tajikistan can hardly be called whimsical. Now the Teacher Training and Assessment Specialist for USAID’s... Read More
KYRGYZSTAN: USAID Project Trainee Voted “Best Teacher of 2009”
December 16, 2009
KYRGYZSTAN: USAID Project Trainee Voted “Best Teacher of 2009” Nurmiza Kenjenbaeva is making a difference. On “Educators Day,” Kurmanbek Bakiev, the President of Kyrgyzstan, personally presented Kenjenbaeva with the nation’s Best Teacher of 2009 award. Just six years into her... Read More