Rotary international literacy programs

The program began 20 years ago, setting up computer labs and supplying textbooks for middle school students in the western and central highlands. It has evolved to center on teacher mentoring. Teacher training is a key component of Nepal Teacher Training Innovations, which is improving the classroom experience for both students and teachers.

Over the next year, she returned to Guatemala several times, meeting with nonprofits, teachers, community members, and school administrators. She developed a curriculum based on the Concentrated Language Encounter method used widely in other parts of the world. A partnership was formed with the nonprofit Cooperative for Education CoEd , which has a strong presence in Guatemala. Five trainers hired by CoEd, with the help of local Rotary members, lead three two-day training sessions, usually in January, April, and July, for about primary school teachers.

Between those sessions, each teacher receives in-class coaching. The Guatemala Literacy Project still supplies textbooks and equips two computer centers where students get hands-on experience using standard business software like Windows, Word, and Excel for an hour a week. Fees collected by school administrators and managed by CoEd are used to replace books and equipment when they wear out. Each year, a new global grant from The Rotary Foundation extends the effort to another 40 or so primary schools and a dozen middle schools selected after meetings with community leaders, parents, teachers, and administrators.

Every year, about 50 Rotary volunteers take part by delivering materials and visiting classrooms. Its programs emphasize adequate professional development and ongoing classroom support for teachers.

In Kenya, for instance, USAID partnered with the government on a national initiative that includes teaching guides, teacher coaching, and short-term professional development programs.

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Supporting Education Skip to main content. More than million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. Group members share their expertise by collaborating with clubs and districts on service projects. About Rotary Action Groups. More about Rotary. Rotary is dedicated to seven areas of focus to build international relationships, improve lives, and create a better world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever.

Literacy Contact: literacy rotary Rotarians can help by: Developing programs in the community. Talk to the literacy professionals, welfare organisations and others in your communities who see the effects on people of low literacy skills and will have ideas about what you can do.