Islamic City of Marawi (9 September) -- The Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills (EQuALLS2) project of the United States Agency for Development (USAID) has benefited elementary schoolchildren and out-of-school children and youth (OSCY) in the city.
EQuALLS project being implemented by the Synergeia Foundation under the auspices of the Education Development Center, a US based non-profit organization, in partnership with the Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the Technical Education Skills Development Authority has assisted 10 elementary schools with a total of 4,400 students enrolled in SY 2009-2010.
Based on the EQuALLS2 report, Synergeia Foundation has constructed two (2) classrooms, repaired seven (7) classrooms, refurbished nine (9) community learning centers and assisted one (1) madaris as of September 3 of this year.
The report also showed that it distributed 12,219 textbooks and learning materials to different elementary schools and provided training to 440 teachers/educators in English, Science, and Math.
The project also extended support to fifteen (15) Parents Teachers Association (PTA) or similar school governance structures and awarded three (3) Community Incentive Grants at $1,000 each.
Its alternative basic education learning programs likewise generated 1,411 OSCY participants while the livelihood skills training yielded at least 261 OSCY participants.
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