Jifunze Uelewe (“Learn to Understand”)

(Tanzania): With FY 2022 funds, USAID will reach approximately 1.25 million pre-primary through grade 4 pupils with interventions focused on improving literacy and numeracy skills in a safe and inclusive learning environment. The activity supports the GOT in institutionalizing phonics-based literacy instruction and planning and managing early grade literacy and numeracy interventions. USAID also aims to strengthen the social-emotional skills of more than 27,000 teachers, head teachers, and education officials. Using FY 2022 funds, USAID will: 1) train 17,113 teachers on incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles in the instruction of literacy, numeracy and social and emotional skills; 2) provide virtual Continuous Professional Development (vCPD) to teachers in literacy, kiswahili, numeracy, inclusive education, and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) to reinforce face-to-face training; 3) award Grants under Contracts (GUCs) to underutilized non- government organizations in target regions to work with local government authorities in the referral system for learners found with severe vision and hearing challenges; 4) replenish a complete set of grades 1-4 teaching

Source: IATI activity description, US-GOV-1-72062121M00001 (2021). The source's own text.