Tutorial Support Program for Primary School Girls
- P Project/Program
I Inactive
Key Information
The project targets mainly Grade 8 students (girls) through its tutorial support activities. It support the girls to prepare for their Grade 8 National Examination and focuses on those who needs support due to their academic performance and family situation – including their high work load and inadequate time to study. The tutorial support is aimed to improve target students (girls) performances and achievements in the National Examination and enable them to transition into secondary education. The support will improve the girls’ situation and educational achievement as well as their ability to secure safe employment in the future.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ethiopia
Activity URL
Not applicable or unknown
Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated programYears
2021 - 2023
Partner(s)
Regional education bureau (REB); Schools; and community structures such as the kebele administration
Ministry Affiliation
Regional education bureauCOVID-19 Response
AdaptedGeographic Scope
NationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Primary to secondary transition
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- School quality
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
- Community sensitization
- COVID-19 Response
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Gender equality
- HIV and STIs
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Girls in school, Youth
Age
15 - 25
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Lower primary
Other populations reached
- Parent-teacher associations/school management committees
- School administrators
- Teachers - female
- Teachers - male
Participants include
- Indigenous
- Orphans and vulnerable children
- People with disabilities
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- General awareness-raising/community engagement
- Parent Teacher Associations (PTA)
Facilities construction/improvement
- Construction/improvement of classrooms
- Construction/improvement of libraries
Health and childcare services
- Referrals to health services
Mentoring/psychosocial support
- Teachers as mentors
Reducing economic barriers
- Income-generating activities
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
- Literacy - outside the classroom
- Numeracy - outside the classroom
Water and sanitation
- Construction/improvement of sex-specific toilets
Women's empowerment programs
- 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
- Increased enrolment in primary school
- Increased primary school completion
- Increased school completion (general)
- Increased school enrolment (general)
- Reduced absenteeism
- Reduced grade repetition
Cross-cutting goals
- Increased knowledge of rights
- Reduced poverty/increase household well-being
- Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
- Reduced violence against children in the home
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
- Dessalegn Lemessa
- New Vision in Development Association (NVDA)
- Executive Director
- dlemessa1945@gmail.com
- +251911407117