Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education (SAGE)

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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