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Mr. Nurudeen Lawal, the Chief of Party USAID Northern Education Initiative spoke to Funmi Ogundare and explained the various strategies used and how the agency had partnered with different stakeholders at the state and federal levels in the last five years. The objective is to provide basic literacy opportunities to out-of-school children especially in Sokoto and Bauchi States, to enable them find their feet, among other issues. Excerpts: USAID is implementing the Early Grade Reading across Nigeria, what led to its introduction? For learning to take place, it must start with reading as reading is the beginning of learning. USAID is leading the support across different countries to improve reading outcomes. The USAID’s Education Strategy Goal one is focused on improving reading skills for 100 million children in primary grades worldwide. USAID is focusing on reading because it is a critical path towards human development. Mainly, when a child can read, then that child can continue

Bauchi statesNurudeen lawalFunmi ogundareJe ka kaweCivil society organisations csosCommunity coalitionsNigerian education researchNational teachers instituteDevelopment councilEducation commissionReading association of nigeriaWorld bank better education service delivery forNational policy on educationMinistry of educationFlorida state universityNorthern education initiative