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Program Summary

Launched in 2007, the Model Schools Network (MSN) Program is a USAID-funded initiative that aims to build institutional capacity in the Palestinian school system. The MSN Program is focused on developing a school improvement network that will serve as a model for basic education in Palestine. In its initial phase, the program supported 17 private schools in the West Bank. A second phase, begun in the fall 2009, includes an additional 40 public schools. The second phase, which is expected to end in September 2012, also provides local student scholarships and a range of in-service teacher training initiatives for 12 private schools in Gaza.

The MSN Program is implemented in the West Bank and Gaza in partnership with the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) and a dozen other organizations and institutions based in Palestine and the United States.