Early Grade Reading Program

Since April 2015, USAID’s Early Grade Reading Program (EGRP) has been partnering with the Nepal Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MOEST) and other partners to develop an early grade reading program that the Government of Nepal can replicate and expand to all districts of the country in a cost-effective and sustainable manner. EGRP is primarily focused on building the government’s capacity to: increase the proportion of grade 1–3 public primary students who can read and understand grade-level text, improve national and sub-national early grade reading service delivery, and increase family and community support for early grade reading. With EGRP technical assistance, the Government of Nepal developed improved teaching, learning, and reading materials (TLM) as part of the national early grade reading program and distributed them to over 5,000 schools in the 16 target districts.