Rapid Education and Risk Analysis Toolkit (RERA Toolkit)

Through its Education Strategy, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) committed to work with partners to increase equitable access to education for learners living in countries affected by conflict and crisis. More than half a billion children—nearly one in four—live in countries affected by conflict or disaster, often without access to services, including education. In 32 conflict-affected countries alone, 21.5 million children, 15 million adolescents, and 26 million youth are out of school.Millions more have had their education disrupted by disasters, crime, and violence.

Achieving results in these challenging environments calls for innovative approaches to the design, management, and evaluation of education programs. The USAID Education in Crisis and Conflict Team developed the Rapid Education and Risk Analysis Toolkit (RERA Toolkit) in order to support the critical first step of better understanding the situation of education systems and learners and their complex and volatile contexts. The RERA Toolkit is consistent with USAID’s new Program Cycle Operational Policy (ADS 201) and the Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) framework.