While reading is fundamental to academic achievement, it is also integral to creating well-functioning societies with informed citizens who are interested and able to participate in the resilience of their communities. Addressing this need, USAID collaborated with the Ministry of Education and regional education bureaus throughout Ethiopia to improve access to millions of high-quality, grade appropriate supplementary reading materials, while supporting communities and schools in their efforts to improve learning.
One Million Books to Read
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(00:19- 00:22) We’ve been able to successfully get…
(00:22- 00:24) Ethiopian children back to school,
(00:24- 00:27) but in reading, writing and arithmetic skills.
(00:27-00:29) research shows they are not meeting standards.
(00:31-00:35) Engaging communities is an important part of the effort…
(00:35-00:38) to provide access to books and reading materials…
(00:39- 00:43) as well as daily opportunities for children to read.
(00:43- 00:45) Through Read Community Outreach activity,
(00:45-00:51) we are committed to helping teachers and communities use the many books that we’re developing.
(00:51-00:56) We’re also training teachers to help the students develop their own reading materials.
(00:56-01:01) We are assisting by training parent teacher student association members to…
(01:01-01:06) to mobilize local resources and select and buy quality books for students.
(01:07-01:11) They are also establishing reading rooms for early grade reading students….
(01:11-01:15) and using the school improvement grants to buy books.
(01:16-01:19) I am pleased to know that we are introducing so many quality books…
(01:19-01:25) and other reading materials into schools and communities beginning here at Soyama Primary School.
(01:26-01:31) Equipped with over 100 new and existing book titles from the local market,
(01:31-01:38) this school is a model of the kind of access to reading materials that’s possible throughout Ethiopia.
(01:38-01:44) Take these stories home and tell your parents and your grandparents what you read at school today.
(01:44-01:51) And that will make your parents happy, and that will make the people back in America happy too.
(01:51-01:56) We love to see children read, and learn, and grow.
حزيران 20, 2016
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