USAID’s education portfolio supports improving student outcomes in reading in Kiswahili, the local language, for grades one through four. To achieve this objective, USAID is working at the national, district, and ward levels—and to some degree the regional level—to build the capacity of Tanzanian government institutions such as the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MOEST) and the President’s Office for Regional Administration and Local Government on several policy and institutional issues. USAID also supports increasing adolescent girls’ enrollment and retention in secondary school in Tanzania. This is accomplished by working closely with local government authorities, school and community leaders, teachers, and parents to bring a holistic package of interventions to public secondary schools in target districts and communities.