Egypt Literate Village Quarterly Report (October 1, December 31, 2019)

The project aims to empower governmental and non-governmental stakeholders with the necessary knowledge and skills to sustain, support, and expand education opportunities for children and their mothers. During the reporting quarter, 1,217 community school facilitators in Assiut were trained on SNAP, focusing on how to support children with learning difficulties and disabilities. Additionally, 421 multi-grade schools' facilitators were trained on managing multi-grade classes, effective teaching methods, lesson planning, and teaching aids. The project also provided supplementary reading and teaching learning materials to community schools, delivering 322 book banks to community schools in 7 districts in Assiut. The Literate Village team analyzed feedback from MoE supervisors and school facilitators on implementing the Learning Circle model and updated the implementation guidelines. A one-day refresher training was held to introduce the modifications made to the Learning Circle model to 66 MoE supervisors in Beheira, Sohag, and Assiut. The project designed a training module for Intergenerational Learning to enable community school facilitators to implement IL activities in the modified Arabic curriculum. The Literate Village project has been coordinating efforts with organizations serving the community education sector to harmonize efforts and avoid service provision duplication. However, the project was surprised to learn that the World Food Program (WFP) started refurbishing 15 community schools in Assiut that had recently been refurbished by the LV project. The issue was escalated to the MoE undersecretary, who formed a committee to visit the subject schools and eliminate overlap or misuse of resources. A coordination meeting was held at USAID premises with the participation of LV, UNICEF, and WFP to ensure more coordination regarding Assiut intervention in general and the schools' refurbishment in particular. The project renewed the protocol signed with the Adult Education Authority (AEA) after submitting a comprehensive progress report to the head of AEA. The new protocol includes a central coordination committee headed by the LV COP and the Head of AEA, which will meet on a quarterly basis. The opening of new Adult Literacy classes has seen significant progress in Assiut, with 707 new classes established, bringing the total to 918 classes established during the last two quarters for 11,788 illiterate women. The project has also opened 381 post-literacy classes in Sohag and Beheira, attended by 5,044 women, and has opened 634 post-literacy classes in total, attended by 8,468 women. The Literate Village project has made significant progress in empowering governmental and non-governmental stakeholders with the necessary knowledge and skills to sustain, support, and expand education opportunities for children and their mothers. The project has expanded into Assiut, trained community school facilitators, provided supplementary reading and teaching learning materials, and coordinated efforts with organizations serving the community education sector. The project has also opened new Adult Literacy classes and post-literacy classes, providing opportunities for illiterate women to improve their literacy skills. The project's expansion into Assiut has built on knowledge and experience gained in Sohag and Beheira governorates. The project's focus on empowering governmental and non-governmental stakeholders has enabled them to sustain, support, and expand education opportunities for children and their mothers. The project's coordination with organizations serving the community education sector has helped to harmonize efforts and avoid service provision duplication. The project's opening of new Adult Literacy classes and post-literacy classes has provided opportunities for illiterate women to improve their literacy skills. The Literate Village project has made significant progress in achieving its objectives, including training community school facilitators, providing supplementary reading and teaching learning materials, and coordinating efforts with organizations serving the community education sector. The project's expansion into Assiut has enabled it to reach more communities and provide education opportunities for children and their mothers. The project's focus on empowering governmental and non-governmental stakeholders has enabled them to sustain, support, and expand education opportunities for children and their mothers.