About SEA

The Secondary Education Activity’s (SEA) is a USAID-funded project working to  better prepare Macedonian Youth for employment through education programs. The project incorporates several strategies for achieving this result, including:

·       Improving vocational instruction through the training of teachers;

·       Improving school environments by helping make school directors more effective managers and agents of change;

·       Supporting school boards in their new responsibilities and roles given them under decentralization; and

·       Providing students with opportunities to practice and develop important business and leadership skills and providing the information needed to make smart choices about their careers.

SEA implements activities to prepare youth for employment in over 50 secondary vocational education schools throughout Macedonia.  In order to sustain results beyond project completion, SEA works closely with governmental and other stakeholders in project implementation. Specifically, SEA works closely with students and student organizations (MASSUM), teachers, school administrators, school boards, and officials from the local and central Ministry of Education and Science (MOES).

SEA activities are grouped into four component areas:

     1.   Teacher development
     2.   Career development
     3.   School Director and
           School Board Association Strengthening
     4.   Research, monitoring and evaluation

SEA is implemented under the EQUIP1 mechanism (www.equip123.net) through a partnership between American Institute for Research (www.air.org) and the International Reading Association (www.reading.org).

Project Duration: August 8, 2003 to September 4, 2008