USAID Learn to Read Year 3 Quarter 3 Report

The Activity focuses on non-Lao-speaking children and children with disabilities, working closely with the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) and development partners. The project is implemented by a consortium led by Save the Children in partnership with Room to Read and Humanity & Inclusion. School and community-level activities across 16 districts in four provinces of Lao PDR are estimated to reach 65,313 children over the life of the project. The Activity's overarching goal is to improve reading skills for all children in pre-primary, grade 1, and grade 2, with a focus on the inclusion of non-Lao-speaking children and children with disabilities. To achieve this goal, the Activity improves reading skills by developing and distributing teaching and learning materials, providing support to teachers, and engaging school communities. The Activity has a flexible, system-strengthening approach and uses a Student Reading Assessment (SAR) to identify and address key gaps that limit reading skill acquisition. The Activity emphasizes MoES ownership and is implemented in close coordination and partnership with MoES and local authorities at the national, provincial, district, and school level. The Activity also coordinates closely with leading donor-funded pre-primary and primary education initiatives in Lao PDR to ensure that the systems-strengthening, school improvement, and community mobilization efforts are complementary and mutually reinforcing. Local-level implementation will take place in the following provinces and districts: Xiengkhouang, Vientiane, Champasak, Attapeu, Khoun, Phonhong, Bachiangchaleunsouk, Sanamxai, Phoukout, Fuang, Mounlapamok, Sanxai, Pek, Meun, Pathoumphon, Samakhixay, Kham, Thoulakhom, Soukkhouma, and Vangvieng. The Activity's Results Framework reflects the MEL technical guidance from USAID, with a focus on improving reading skills for all students in pre-primary, first grade, and second grade, particularly for non-Lao-speaking children and children with disabilities. The Activity's approach includes developing and distributing teaching and learning materials, providing support to teachers, and engaging school communities. The Activity also uses a Student Reading Assessment (SAR) to identify and address key gaps that limit reading skill acquisition. The Activity emphasizes MoES ownership and is implemented in close coordination and partnership with MoES and local authorities at the national, provincial, district, and school level. The Activity's geographic coverage includes the provinces of Xiengkhouang, Vientiane, Champasak, and Attapeu, with local-level implementation taking place in 16 districts. The Activity's Results Framework reflects the MEL technical guidance from USAID, with a focus on improving reading skills for all students in pre-primary, first grade, and second grade, particularly for non-Lao-speaking children and children with disabilities. The Activity's approach includes developing and distributing teaching and learning materials, providing support to teachers, and engaging school communities. The Activity's implementation is led by a consortium of Save the Children, Room to Read, and Humanity & Inclusion, with a focus on improving reading skills for all children in pre-primary, grade 1, and grade 2 in Lao PDR. The Activity's Results Framework reflects the MEL technical guidance from USAID, with a focus on improving reading skills for all students in pre-primary, first grade, and second grade, particularly for non-Lao-speaking children and children with disabilities. The Activity's approach includes developing and distributing teaching and learning materials, providing support to teachers, and engaging school communities.