ARK Secondary School Education Program
- P Project/Program
? Activity Status: Unknown
Key Information
ARK operates several self-sustaining boarding and day secondary schools in East Africa that target orphans and vulnerable children. All of our schools focus on comprehensive education and support services all in one place. ARK schools educate students and their families by using appropriate tools that provide useful and practical skills in conjunction with the required formal secondary school curriculum. Our schools operate all year around, to allow children who do not have a place to call home to have a place stay, priority is put on orphans, especially girls.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania
Activity URL
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
Not applicable or unknown
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
Global / regionalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Secondary completion
Other skills
- Rights/empowerment education
Quality
- School quality
Skills
- Civics education
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- STEM
Cross-cutting areas
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
Program participants
Other populations reached
- Boys in school
- Youth
Participants include
- Orphans and vulnerable children
Program Approaches Back to Top
Food/nutrition
- School feeding
Increased availability of learning materials
- Textbooks (unspecified)
Learning while working
- Work-study
Life skills education
- Gender, rights and power
Reducing economic barriers
- Scholarships/stipends for school fees
School-related gender-based violence
- Safe and welcoming schools
- Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
- Literacy - in the classroom
- Numeracy - in the classroom
- STEM - in the classroom
Women's empowerment programs
- Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased grade attainment
- Increased secondary school completion
- Increased test scores
- Increased years of schooling
Cross-cutting goals
- Increased employment/job-related skills
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms