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Education

Overview

The education sector in Haiti is characterized

by weak state capacity to provide and regulate
education services. With an adult literacy rate
of 52% and a primary school enrollment rate of
67%, education remains a key obstacle to
social and economic progress. Less than 30%
of the children who enter primary school will
reach 6 th grade. At least 90% of Haiti 's
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15,200 primary schools are non-public,
including schools managed by religious
organizations, NGOs, and communities. Few
private schools receive financial support from
the government due in part to inadequate
coordination between the public and private
education sectors. Yet, there is strong social demand for education among Haitian families as
evidenced by the high percentage of household income spent on schooling—approximately
15% per child. Haitian parents place a great deal of faith on schooling as a means to improve
their lives.

USAID/Haiti primary education programs

focus on improving the quality of schooling,
promoting parental involvement in
education, and strengthening Haitian non-
governmental organizations active in
education. Activities aim to improve local
school-support organizations, reduce grade
repetition, and enhance learning. They also
aim at strengthening public-private sector
collaboration by improving the private
school accreditation system. In 2004-05,
USAID/Haiti financed a community schools
program in the Central Plateau and the
Artibonite, implemented by Save the Children/USA; a school cluster program in the North and
West departments, implemented by the Fondation Haïtienne de l'Enseignement Privé
(FONHEP); an interactive radio instruction program for primary schools in the West, South,
Center and Grand'Anse, implemented by the Education Development Center (EDC).

Activities

The principal education activity is a continuation of a highly successful classroom quality

activity, interactive radio instruction in mathematics and Creole reading for students in grades
two through four in over 450 project schools. The program provides radios, printed learning
materials and other teaching tools to schools. USAID's partners implement this activity in the
following ways:
 EDC supported over 275 schools in the West, South, Centre, Artibonite, and
Grand'Anse departments through grants to Catholic Relief Services (CRS), University
Quisqueya (UNIQ), the Association des Paysans de Vallue (APV), Save the
Children/USA., and to the Ministry of Education's Departmental Office in the Artibonite.

FONHEP reached 181 private schools in the North and West departments through a
cluster school approach to improve school management, foster teamwork among
teachers, and encourage parental participation in the school community. In addition to
interactive radio instructions, FONHEP's partners provided teacher, school director, and
parent committee training.

Support efforts to create community-owned and managed schools in the commune of

Maïssade (Central Plateau) and in the commune of Marchand-Dessalines (Artibonite).
These efforts include community-led school rehabilitation, the training of locally
recruited teachers and school directors, training for school management committees in
fundraising, administration, and small project development.

FY 2005 Results

The program reached over 75,000 students, and promotion rates were consistent with those
of the former education activity, and surpassed the national average of 70%. Schools using
the program consistently show improved grade promotion rates. The dropout rate in the
community schools project remained well below the national average due to the lower cost
and higher rate of parental involvement. The number of school improvement activities led by
school management committees, in the Save the Children intervention zone, increased from
10 in FY2002 to 26 in FY2005.

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