Educate Girls : Improving the Quality and Outcomes of Girls’ Learning
In India, women and girls, especially in rural areas, are particularly affected by illiteracy. The social enterprise educate girls works to reform the existing school framework and create community ownership of government schools to improve Indian...
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| Format: | Case Study |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/985741495100854485/Educate-girls-improving-the-quality-and-outcomes-of-girls-learning http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27662 |
| Summary: | In India, women and girls, especially in
rural areas, are particularly affected by illiteracy. The
social enterprise educate girls works to reform the existing
school framework and create community ownership of
government schools to improve Indian girls’ enrollment,
retention, and academic performance. As of fiscal year
2017-18, educate girls operates in 10 districts in Rajasthan
and 3 districts in Madhya Pradesh benefiting approximately
3.8 million beneficiaries. Educate girls creates community
ownership of government schools by leveraging existing
public, private, and community resources to empower the
local communities. The educate girls model allows for
sending one girl to school at United States dollar (USD) 5
per year. Its monitoring and evaluation system measures
enrollment, attendance, and quality of learning for these
girls, even at a large scale. The program’s impact is
assessed through rigorous evaluation techniques, including
quasi-experimental designs and randomized control trials.
The educate girls model has the potential for far-reaching
benefits - continuing to address gender inequality in
education can bring about real transformation, such as
improvements in health, income levels, and overall
livelihoods in rural populations. |
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