Youth Education and Skills Programme for Economic Growth (YES4Growth)

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Key Information

The project will deliver manifesto commitments on education and contribute to the global goal of inclusive and equitable quality education for all. It will ensure underprivileged youth, especially females, have improved opportunities for basic education, vocational skills and formal employment. The project will also contribute to the UK government's commitment to women's economic empowerment. 26,500 (50% girls) will receive condensed schooling over four years up to Junior School Certificate level. Over 27,000 (45% girls) youth will benefit from skills development and 95% of the graduates from technical training are either employed (apprenticeship /entrepreneurships) or continuing further education and skills development.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

South Asia

Bangladesh

Activity URL

https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-1-203870/summary

Government Affiliation

Unknown

Years

2016 - 2021

Partner(s)

Underprivileged Children's Education Programs (UCEP), Oxford Policy Management

Ministry Affiliation

N/A

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion

Other skills

  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training

Skills

  • Civics education
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Other cultural practices
  • Sexual harassment & coercion
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • Sports
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

10 - 16

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • Parent-teacher associations/school management committees
  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • Internal migrants (from other areas of the same country)
  • Orphans and vulnerable children
  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Extending school hours
  • Improving transportation

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Parent Teacher Associations (PTA)
  • School management committees

Curriculum/learning

  • Competency-level grouping
  • Gender-sensitive curricula
  • Increased availability of learning materials
  • Remedial education/skills

Educational Technology

  • Computer-assisted learning

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of classrooms
  • Construction/improvement of electricity
  • Construction/improvement of schools

Health and childcare services

  • Adolescent-friendly health services
  • Referrals to health services

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Textbooks (digital)

Learning while working

  • Vocational training

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power
  • Negotiation skills
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Educating girls about menstruation
  • Sanitary product distribution

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Teachers as mentors

Other

  • Sports programs

Policy/legal environment

  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
  • Developing/promoting new laws/policies
  • Public-private partnerships

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Financial literacy training
  • Reducing/eliminating school fees

School-related gender-based violence

  • Anti-violence policies and codes of conduct
  • Safe channels/mechanisms for reporting violence
  • Safe transportation

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Media campaigns
  • Work with community leaders
  • Work with religious leaders

Teaching

  • Diagnostic feedback
  • Hiring more female teachers
  • Hiring more teachers (both men and women)
  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Teacher incentives
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom

Water and sanitation

  • Construction/improvement of sex-specific toilets
  • Construction/improvement of toilets (combined use)
  • Improved water access

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced child marriage
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Mohammad Golam Kibria
U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Education Adviser and Project SRO
m-kibria@dfid.gov.uk