New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI/NewsReach): To assess critical elements of foundational literacy, understand systemic requirements to sustain literacy gains at scale, and comprehend how the Scaling-up Early Reading Intervention (SERI) project could act as a reference for literacy understanding and instruction across multilingual scenarios, Room to Read India, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and RTI International organized a two-day national summit in the capital. Room to Read India, with the support of USAID, has been running the SERI project since 2015. It is a broad and large-scale early-grade reading program to enhance reading outcomes among children in government-run primary schools across the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana. Access to quality childhood education is a basic right for all children. To fast-track the process of achieving universal foundational literacy and numeracy, the Gover
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI/NewsReach): To assess critical elements of foundational literacy, understand systemic requirements to sustain literacy gains at scale, and comprehend how the Scaling-up Early Reading Intervention (SERI) project could act as a reference for literacy understanding and instruction across multilingual scenarios, Room to Read India, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and RTI International organized a two-day national summit in the capital. Room to Read India, with the support of USAID, has been running the SERI project since 2015. It is a broad and large-scale early-grade reading program to enhance reading outcomes among children in government-run primary schools across the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana. Access to quality childhood education is a basic right for all children. To fast-track the process of achieving universal foundational literacy and numeracy, the Gover
BACK TO SCHOOL. The Department of Education launches the BIDA Kid Campaign in Pasay City on Tuesday (April 5, 2022). The campaign urges students and teachers to get vaccinated and observe health protocols as they go back to their classrooms. (Screengrab) MANILA - The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday launched the BIDA Kid Campaign in Pasay City to ensure the safe resumption of in-person classes in the country. In partnership with the Department of Health, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other stakeholders, the campaign encourages learners and educators to participate in vaccination, practice shared action and collaboration, and observe health protocols as they go back to their classrooms. BIDA stands for "Best friend natin ang mask, Ingatan at hugasan ang kamay, Dumistansya muna, Airflow ay panatilihin (Face mask is our best friend, washing of hands, physical distancing, and sustaining air flow)." DepEd Assistant Secretary Malcolm