Grants

Aga Khan Foundation USA

For Improving Reading And Math Instruction In Lower Primary School In Uganda And Kenya

Amount

$2,111,000
Program

QEDC - Gates
Date Awarded

3/30/2009
Term

27.0 Months
Type of Support

Project

About the Grantee

Grantee Website

www.akdn.org

Address

1825 K Street, N.W. Suite 901, Washington, DC, 20006-1214, United States

Grants to this Grantee

Jul 20, 2011

$245,500

for improving reading and math instruction in lower primary school in Uganda and Kenya

Evidence from East Africa suggests that students are not acquiring essential reading and math skills, even by the end of their elementary school education. In 2008, we gave a planning grant to the Aga Khan Foundation USA (AKF) to develop a model for teaching reading and math in the first three grades of primary school. In 2009, a second grant went to applying this model in two districts of Uganda and two districts in Kenya. This supplemental grant would allow AKF to continue implementing the math and reading instruction for another five months. The additional time is essential to see whether and how the instructional approach improves learning outcomes over the course of two academic school years.

All Grants to this Grantee

Mar 30, 2009

$2,111,000

for improving reading and math instruction in lower primary school in Uganda and Kenya

All Grants to this Grantee

Feb 12, 2008

$234,830

for the planning phase of the East Africa Quality in Early Learning initiative

All Grants to this Grantee