Education Governance Effectiveness (EdGE)

This request for application (RFA) supports improving educational governance especially at the school and at the local government level in selected cities and municipalities nationwide, with the ultimate goal of improving learning outcomes, particularly reading in the early grades. This initiative will contribute to attaining the Mission’s goal of improving reading skills of at least one million children in the early grades, and will be coordinated with the Mission’s planned national reading project.The EdGE Project will provide support to effectively implement Philippine governance reform efforts in education, specifically through decentralization. This will include support for School-Based Management program, a key ingredient of the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda. It will also support capacity building of Local School Boards and parents-teacher associations. The project will work with the Department of Education (DepED) at both the national and local levels, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), local government units, parents-teachers associations, non-governmental organizations such as community organizations, people’s organizations and faith-based groups, the private sector, other USAID projects, donors, and stakeholders.