page_title: Education in Iraq
section_title: Current resources devoted to education in Iraq
hierarchical_section_title: Education in Iraq / Current resources devoted to education in Iraq
caption_attribution_description: Najmi, Muthanna province, Iraq Photos taken by Aaron D. Snipe Public Diplomacy Officer Provincial Reconstruction Team Muthanna Embassy of the United States of America IRAQ
context_page_description: Education in Iraq is administered by the Ministry of Education.
  UNESCO reports had one of the best educational performances in the region. Primary school Gross Enrollment Rate was 100% and literacy levels were high. Since that time education has suffered as a result of American-led domination, sanctions, and instability.
context_section_description: Since May 2003, international agencies have been involved in supporting education in Iraq, but fragmented data has not allowed these numbers to be integrated into the governmental budget.  The UN [~US$80 million] and World Bank have two trust funds that go to help Iraq specifically, while USAID has contracts through the US Supplemental Budget for Iraq.  Although these programs are a great beginning, they do not reach the level as assessed by the October 2003 UN/WB Needs Assessment Study, $4.8 billion.
  Current Projects financed by the Iraq Trust Fund, include but are not limited to:
  Emergency Textbook Provision Project: [US$40million].  Since May 2004, the project is intended to finance and distribute 69 million textbooks for 6 million students spread across all of the governorates for the 2004/05 year.
  Emergency School Construction Rehabilitation Project: [US$60million].  Since October 2004, the project is meant to construct 55 school buildings and rehabilitate 133 schools.  The rehabilitation of 133 schools is complete, at an average cost of US$181 per student, and benefits 45,000 pupils while creating 3,000 construction jobs.
  Emergency School Construction Rehabilitation Project- Supplemental Grant for Marshland Schools: [US$6million].  Since October 2006, the grant provides additional funding for the Emergency School Construction and Rehabilitation Project to construct ~33 new schools in the Marshland areas of Iraq.  This would go to benefit between 6,000 and 8,000 children in that region, and create near-term employment opportunities within construction.  Local stakeholders are involved (i.e. NGOs).
  Third Emergency Education Project [US$100million]: The funds are from the International Development Agency [IDA], in collaboration with the World Bank.  This project is in progress (updated July 2008) and aims to develop a national school construction and maintenance program as well as offer capacity building activities.
  A distance learning via satellite television project is underway with UN agencies to produce programs for displaced persons, total $US5 million [not part of the Iraq Trust Fund]
caption: One Laptop per Child in Najmi, Al Muthanna Governorate
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