Teachers for Rural Futures

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

There are persistently low numbers of qualified women teachers in Uganda, currently around 30% in secondary schools, with even lower numbers in rural areas. Graduate Women International (GWI) provides scholarships and mentoring support to young women from rural areas of Uganda for them to become qualified teachers and ambassadors for girls’ education. Through a competitive process, students with an ambition to become a secondary school teacher in a rural area and improve girls’ education are selected to join the programme. GWI student teachers study at Makerere University, and participate in community engagement to build support for girls’ education in rural communities. The GWI student teachers all come from Buyende District in Eastern Uganda, a rural area where the majority of girls do not complete secondary school. They were amongst the few to complete school. All had dreams of going to university, but without the means, their studies were due to end there. GWI’s Teachers for Rural Futures project has set them on the path to fulfilling their dream, as well as the dreams of thousands of other children who will benefit from an education once they qualify as teachers. With your support, more young women in rural Uganda can become qualified secondary school teachers, fulfilling their dreams and those of thousands of children in their future classes.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Uganda

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

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

  • Secondary completion

Quality

  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Teachers - female, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Teaching

  • Hiring more female teachers
  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased secondary school enrolment

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills