Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education (SAGE)

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? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education (SAGE) project targeted up to 13,460 highly marginalised, out-of-school adolescent girls in 11 districts across Zimbabwe to achieve improved learning outcomes and assist them with transition into formal education, training or employment.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Zimbabwe

Activity URL

https://girlseducationchallenge.org/projects/project/supporting-adolescent-girls-education-sage/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2018 - 2023

Partner(s)

Apostolic Women’s Empowerment Trust (AWET), Christian Blind Mission (CBM), ECONET Wireless (ECONET), Plan International Zimbabwe, The Open University (OU)

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE)

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Adapted

Geographic Scope

Sub-national

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary to secondary transition

Other

  • Transition from school to work

Other skills

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

Quality

  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Masculinities/boys
  • Mentorship
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls out of school

Age

10 - 19

School Enrolment Status

All out of school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

  • Boys out of school
  • Brothers
  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Youth

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Learning while working

  • Vocational training

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Teachers as mentors

Policy/legal environment

  • Public-private partnerships

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Scholarships/stipends for school fees

School-related gender-based violence

  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

General Contact Info
Girls' Education Challenge
uk_girls_education_challenge@pwc.com