Girls’ Education Finance: Empowerment for Girls’ Education

  • P Project/Program

I Inactive

Key Information

This project supported 28,898 girls, giving them the best possible chance to continue and complete their education using a market-driven approach to educational improvement. The project worked with 2,610 households and 132 schools to tackle economic and social barriers to girls' education. It aimed to reduce absenteeism and drop-out rates and create improved learning environments with school improvement loans, enhanced school governance, and teacher training. The Education Quality programming brought together school cluster groups organised by, and for, schools, through a Self-Improving School System. Girls and their families were supported with tailored savings and school fee loans to help meet the cost of education. Girls' Clubs provided financial education, life-skills and entrepreneurship training to motivate and inspire girls to continue with, and ultimately finish, their education.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Uganda

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Uganda

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2017 - 2020

Partner(s)

Teach a Man to Fish, Link Community Development, and Pincer Research and Training Institute

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES)

Funder(s)

Girls' Education Challenge (GEC)

COVID-19 Response

Adapted

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School facilities
  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Mentorship

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Other caregivers
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • N/A

Program Approaches Back to Top

Life skills education

  • Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Income-generating activities
  • Vouchers/grants

Women's empowerment programs

  • Self-help groups (financial, including savings and credit groups)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Reduced absenteeism

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Improved health - other
  • Improved mental health
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms