Industry Input Sought for Improving Learning for Ethiopia’s Primary Grade Students (ILEPGS)

Funding Opportunity Number: RFI-663-16-05 Opportunity Category: OtherFunding Instrument Type: OtherCategory of Funding Activity: EducationCFDA Number: 98.001Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: USAID-ETHClosing Date: Jun 20, 2016Award Ceiling: $140,000,000Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: May 25, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: This Request for Information (RFI) which seeks industry input, approaches and best practices on the design and implementation of a proposed activity focused on Improving Learning for Ethiopia’s Primary Grade Students (ILEPGS). Context USAID/Ethiopia is responsible for one of the Agency’s largest and most innovative education programs and has demonstrated the potential for contributing meaningfully and significantly to USAID’s Global education targets. USAID has implemented reading interventions in Ethiopia in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MoE) since 2010, with most of the substantive work beginning with activities such as IQPEP and READ TA. Much more needs to be done in terms of curriculum development, teacher and administrator training, community engagement and outreach, and school-based implementation, as described in further below detail in Attachment A. ILEPGS’s overall objective is to improve reading...

Source: Grants.gov - May 25, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Education Source Type: funding