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Global Development Alliance:
Nicaragua Model School Expansion
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Location:
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Nicaragua |
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Dates:
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2002 to 2004 |
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Funder:
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USAID and PARTNERS |
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Budget:
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$1.1 million |
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Project Manager
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Home Office Project Director
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| Objective |
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The Global Development Alliance is a public-private alliance intended to improve the quality of education worldwide. The alliances will foster both creative solutions to problems in education as well as bring $5 million, to start, in matching funds from nonfederal sources, a full 1:1 match of USAID funds with private sector funds.
The Model School Expansion in Nicaragua component of the GDA is a two-year project based on successful projects in Colombia and Guatemala, as well as the ongoing Nicaragua BASE II project. This project address Nicaragua’s low enrollment and high drop-out rates in rural areas and features interventions to improve classroom methodologies in the primary grades.
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| Components |
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A system of teachers-as-learning-facilitators |
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Individually paced and self-managed learning |
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Small group and peer directed study |
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Classroom learning centers organized by subject areas |
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Active learning |
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Democratic student government |
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Active parent and community participation in support of local school quality |
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This project will expand the Model School approach to 136 schools, providing equipment and supplies, school infrastructure improvements as necessary, and training and technical assistance.
Matching funds of $1.2 million for this project have been provided by the American Chamber of Commerce of Nicaragua and the American Nicaraguan Foundation.
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| Other AED Projects in Nicaragua |
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Central America HIV/AIDS Prevention Project (PASCA), USAID, 1995 to 2003 |
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Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA), USAID, 1998 to 2003 |
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Micronutrient Support Activity, USAID, 1998 to 2003 |
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Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS I & II), USAID, 1993 to 2004 |
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Behavior Change, Innovation, Sate of the Art Activity (The CHANGE Project), USAID, 1998 to 2004 |
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LINKAGES: Breastfeeding and Related Complementary Feeding and Maternal Nutrition Program, USAID, 1996 to 2006 |
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Civic Engagement for Education Reform in Central America (CERCA), USAID, 2002 to 2006 |
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Nicaragua Basic Education Project (BASE II), USAID, 1999 to 2003 |
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