Promotion of a Literate Environment

This project aims to ensure that girls and boys in the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado and Niassa who finish the fifth grade are able to read and write at the level required by the National Curricula. The project seeks to develop a solid foundation in learning among primary school-aged children by improving how schools teach students to read and write in Portuguese and in local languages. The project also seeks to increase the ability of the education sector as an institution to support a literate environment at the school district provincial and central levels. To do this the project is upgrading the skills of teachers school managers and School District Coordinators to help them to more effectively support the process of learning to read and write at primary schools. The project works with School Councils to improve how schools are managed and is opening resource centres and libraries in schools to encourage communities to engage in learning activities. The project also works to produce publish and distribute Portuguese and local language books to these centres and libraries. Furthermore it supports the National Pilot Program for Bilingual Education by developing teaching and learning materials in five local languages and building a solid teacher training program to adapt curricula to the cultural norms and standards of each language. Finally it provides adult literacy classes so that parents and community members may play an active role in the education of their children.