Teach and Educate Adolescent Girls with Community Help (TEACH)

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Key Information

IRC’s TEACH Project will support up to 35,000 out-of-school girls in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. Dependent on age, the girls will enrol in one of two pathways: an Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) and transition to formal or non-formal education for younger girls; or a more employment skills-based approach for the older girls. The older girls would then transition into vocational training, employment or self-employment. The project also intends to address harmful social norms and the barriers faced by girls in accessing education with the engagement of girls in all activities at family, community, school and system levels.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

South Asia

Pakistan

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2021 - 2024

Partner(s)

Tameer-E-Khalq Foundation, Balochistan Education Foundation, BBC Media Action

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Girls’ Education Challenge – Fund Manager PwC

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Sub-national

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Transition from school to work

Other skills

  • Financial literacy
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Vocational training

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Mentorship
  • Other cultural practices
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls out of school, Youth

Age

10 - 19

School Enrolment Status

All out of school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

  • Community leaders

Participants include

  • N/A

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Learning while working

  • Vocational training
  • Work-study

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power

Reducing economic barriers

  • Financial literacy training
  • Income-generating activities

Social/gender norms change

  • Media campaigns

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - outside the classroom
  • Numeracy - outside the classroom

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action
  • Empowerment training
  • Self-help groups (financial, including savings and credit groups)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved critical thinking
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

International Rescue Committee (IRC)