Rwandan Girls’ Education and Advancement Programme 2 (REAP 2)

Project completed implementation in March 2020

The REAP project worked to improve the life chances of 8,268 marginalised girls in 28 poor and rural schools in Nyaruguru, Rwanda.

By improving student enrolment and retention, and the quality, governance and budgeting of education, the project helped girls to complete their level of education and transition to the next stage of education, technical and vocational training (TVET) and/or employment opportunities. Girls who were already in school were supported through key transition points. Girls who were out of school were supported back into education, TVET or employment, depending on the girls’ own preferences and constraints.

Activities

• Established 75 community after-school study groups, including 28 after-school remedial learning and tutorial classes for girls who were behind in school or had dropped out
• Trained 252 teachers across 28 schools in methods centred on the child and sensitive to gender
• Supported 28 schools to adopt the \"Education that Pays for Itself\" self-financing education model, adding business and practical skills classes to the curriculum and setting up income generating activities
• Distributed 7,702 textbooks
• Improved school facilities for girls in phase 1, including 14 separate, lockable girls' changing rooms and 30 ECOSAN toilets
• Worked with 56 community health workers and youth corners to offer family planning services, alongside behaviour change communication
• Trained in-school leadership (including 280 parent-teacher association members)
• Trained 75 Girls' Club leaders
• Worked with the government to promote a girls' education policy

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