USAID & Bauchi State Government Sign MoU On Education

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) represented by the USAID Mission Director Michael T. Harvey has signed a five (5) years Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bauchi state represented by His Excellency the Governor of Bauchi Barrister M.A. Abubaker on improving the education sector in Bauchi state.

The five-year MoU sets out the shared and individual commitments for collaboration in the education sector made by both USAID and the Government of Bauchi and provides a framework for mutual accountability for education activities in Bauchi State. The MoU supports the Bauchi state government’s goals and targets in its education sector strategic plans, and establishes a preliminary plan for joint monitoring and evaluation of progress.

USAID supports Nigeria’s efforts to improve the quality of and access to basic education. Currently, USAID implements three activities that support Bauchi State efforts to improve the education sector: Northern Education Initiative Plus, Education Crisis Response, and the Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy and Development. These activities build state and local government capacity and systems that will teach approximately 2 million primary school children how to read and allow nearly 551,000 children the opportunity to attend classes in community-based learning centers by the year 2020.