Community-Based Education for Marginalised Girls in Afghanistan

Project completed implementation in June 2022

This project aimed to improve the life chances for 49,150 marginalised girls who studied in lower primary schools (Grades 4 and 5) in community-based (CBE) schools in the first phase of the GEC. Additional support was given to 526 girls with disabilities.

Girls who graduated from the first phase of the GEC continued in several transition pathways:

• 31,856 girls were registered in 300 government hub schools
• 7,675 girls were registered as continuing in 263 CBE schools
• 9,616 girls were enrolled in one of 40 Technical and Vocational Education and Training centres

A total of 693 CBE teachers, 2,050 government school teachers and 3,000 mentors were directly engaged in transition pathways.

A total of 222,000 (108,425 males and 113,575 females) community members from 30,000 households are expected to benefit indirectly from the project.