Improving Gender Attitudes, Transition and Education Outcomes (IGATE-T), a World Vision-led project is funded through DFID UK´s Girls Education Challenge, seeks to improve learning outcomes and positive transitions for 30,550 marginalized girls in rural communities of Zimbabwe. The programme began in 2017 using a whole school development approach, community engagement on social and religious norms, girls’ leadership development and a community-based education pathway to improve the transition back to school or skill-building options for girls and boys who dropped out of school.
Impact / Outcome
By August 2020, hundreds of volunteers were reaching thousands of learners. The demand for learning activities and materials also ignited the rapid development of additional self-study guides in English and Mathematics targeting Grade 7 learners covering some revision and the full syllabus. Select teachers who had journeyed through IGATE-led professional development were paired with technical teams who supplied frameworks and coaching for content development, again, almost exclusively via WhatsApp.
Funding sources
Private
Key Metrics
Improve the transition back to school or skill-building options for girls and boys
Year published
01 January 2021 
United Nations