Deputy Minister of Education, Honorable Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima and the USAID Mission Director Dr. Catie Lott launched a new education project, the Malawi Upper Reading Project ~ UPRead. Under the new project, USAID, through the Malawi Institute of Education, will be developing high quality and age appropriate curriculum and instructional materials for learners in Standards Five through Eight. The instructional materials will be inclusive for all learners, including students with disabilities. UPRead builds on a previous USAID activity which supported the National Reading Programme by producing teacher guides, supplementary readers, and over 12 million books for Standards 1 to 4 learners in all the public primary schools in Malawi.