Accelerated Secondary Education for Women

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

An accelerated secondary school programme is a recognised way for young people to achieve a secondary school certificate without undertaking four years of full-time study. The adapted course is offered part-time, with classes only taking up two or three hours a day. This allows women to earn an income and fulfil any family and household obligations alongside their studies. Teachers are trained as adult educators with a more flexible approach to teaching and learning. Learners have the opportunity to attend classes as well as small tutorial sessions. They also have access to learning materials and books for self-study. Moreover, they receive intensive one to one support from their teachers when they need it. At the end of two years, these women have the opportunity to sit their exams and gain their certificate of secondary education.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Sudan

Activity URL

https://africaeducationaltrust.org/accelerated-secondary-education-for-women/

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
National
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
  • Rights/empowerment education
Quality
  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • Teacher training
Skills
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
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 community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male
Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
Curriculum/learning
  • Increased availability of learning materials
Teaching
  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Pre-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Literacy - outside the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom
  • Numeracy - outside the classroom
  • Tutoring - general
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Reduced absenteeism
Cross-cutting goals
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • Other
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being