The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a five-year $96.9m project to support the education  system in Lebanon. The Quality Instruction Towards Access and Basic Education Improvement program (QITABI) 3 aims to improve  literacy, numeracy, social and emotional learning (SEL), and inclusive education outcomes for students across Lebanon. Also, it pointed  out that the project will provide life skills and career guidance to students at the intermediate and secondary levels. It said that it will  implement the project in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) and the Center for Educational  Research and Development (CRDP).Further, it noted that QITABI 3 will provide technical support to the MEHE and CRDP on improving research and assessment capacities.  It indicated that the project intends to improve the learning outcomes for approximately 350,000 learners; enhance instructional practices  for 25,000 teachers; increase retention rates across 1,200 public and low-cost private schools; and strengthen the system to ensure access  to more equitable learning opportunities for the most disadvantaged and for children with disabilities.  In addition, it said that the U.S. government, through USAID, has invested over $500m to support the education sector in Lebanon  since 2013. It added that it has awarded the contract to implement the QITABI 3 program to Research Triangle Institute International,  a non-profit research and development organization. (ICE BEIRUT)

Fonte notizia: Byblos Bank, Lebanon This Week, 4 - 9 September 2023