BRITE Futures for Secondary School Students

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

AET aims to provide tools, training and hands-on opportunities for teachers and students to engage with these subjects and develop the skills that will help put them on the path to success. AET supports students, teachers and potential employers to map and identify where gaps exist in student’s education, training and understanding of the relevance of education to their future job prospects. By identifying gaps, AET is able to work with educators and professionals to develop innovative and creative approaches that smooth students transition to higher education and the workforce. These range from improving science education through establishing mobile science-labs to bring improved equipment and lessons to under-resourced schools to explore e-learning opportunities. Or it could be improving hands-on computer experience through establishing extra-curricular clubs to deliver integrated ICT and business workshops. AET also seeks opportunities to link students to mentors across different industries and provide comprehensive career guidance. AET works to pilot these initiatives with the aim of scaling up their use across school systems in the regions where we work.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Somaliland, 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

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Secondary completion

Other

  • Transition from school to work

Other skills

  • Vocational training

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas

  • Digital literacy
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Other

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Other
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • Other

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
  • Extending school hours

Curriculum/learning

  • Increased availability of learning materials

Educational Technology

  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
  • Digital skills/literacy (including coding)

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Pre-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • STEM - in the classroom
  • STEM - outside the classroom

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased secondary school completion

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being