Trump Administration Expands Education Funding Overseas to Faith-Based Schools

USAID recently announced a new education policy that expands education funding overseas to include private and faith-based schools in developing countries.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently announced a new education policy that expands education funding overseas to include private and faith-based schools in developing countries.

In introducing the new policy, which was announced Nov. 15, USAID Administrator Mark Green explained the important role that schools run by faith-based organizations and private entities play in these countries.

“The capacity and effectiveness of governments to provide high-quality education varies across countries and contexts,” he wrote. “Many children and youth would be denied access to education if not for non-state schools and providers — including private, for-profit, nonprofit, community, faith-based and other nongovernmental organizations.”

According to USAID, “303 million children, adolescents and youth between the ages of 5 to 17 — or one out of every five around the world — are out of school,” while more than 617 million children and adolescents don’t have a “minimum proficiency in reading or math, regardless of whether or not they attend schools.”

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