Day 1: •A Few Fast Facts: As I read USAID/Morocco's PAD I have learned that: -Morocco has the one of the lowest achievement rates (below Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt!) -Only 24% of 4th Graders could read at grade level. -Morocco has a National Strategy for Reading (similar to our Plan National d'Amélioration des Compétences en Lecture?) -Morocco has a School Dropout Prevention Program in the Ministry of Education (inspiring when we think about our "suragés"...
It all started when Karen asked me to check out a USAID Notice: an offer to support USAID/Morocco to implement their new early-grade reading program.
Well...After participating in the design and managing the implementation of ToTAL (not quite a...