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Campaign for Non Formal Education Opportunities for Out of School Children

This campaign focuses on addressing the issue of out-of-school children, particularly girls, by promoting non-formal education opportunities. It highlights the efforts of FAWE-Zimbabwe and government initiatives to reintegrate children into the education system. Recommendations include gender-sensitive budget allocation and community involvement in promoting non-formal education programs. Join us in empowering out-of-school children for a brighter future.

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Campaign for Non Formal Education Opportunities for Out of School Children

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  1. Campaign for Non Formal Education Opportunities for Out of School Children Lydia Madyirapanze FAWE-ZIMBABWE FAWE Girls Education Conference Lusaka, Zambia 23 -24th August2017

  2. Presentation Outline • Facts on Out of School Children • Why Campaign for Out of School Children? • Governments Efforts on Out Of School Children • FAWE-Zimbabwe’s Efforts • Recommendations

  3. Facts on Out of School Children • 263 million children and youth are out of school, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) • 55 million out-of-school children live in sub-Saharan Africa. • If current trends continue, 25 million children – 15 million girls and 10 million boys – are likely to never set foot inside a classroom.

  4. Why Campaign for Out of School? • National Survey of Out-of-School Children in Zimbabwe (2015) by Dr. J. Manjengwa 1 641 232 children whose ages ranged from 3-16 years were out of school. • Since inception in 1998, FAWE-Zimbabwe’s interventions were focused on girls in schoo • Some of our bursary beneficiaries were failing to complete their education even with all the support they had. • The rising numbers of learners who fail to complete their education resulted in revising our programming to include and make special focus and target interventions on out of school girls.

  5. Governments Efforts on Out of School Children • National plans began to focus on supporting out of school children: the Second Chance Education pillar of the Education Transition Fund (ETF II) , MoESAC Education Medium Term Plan, 2011 – 2015 which called for ‘catch up programmes and accelerated learning …children to re-enter the mainstream education system’ • the Non Formal Education Policy launched in 2015 which states: every school is a Centre for provision of NFE. • School Feeding Programme introduced as a learner retention strategy.

  6. Governments Efforts on Out of School Children • Second Chance Education programmesto take on board and reintegrate out of school children and those learners who may have missed a chance or dropped out of the formal education system. The programmes include: The Zimbabwe Accelerated Learning Programme (ZALP).

  7. FAWE-ZIMBABWE’s Efforts • Conducted studies on status on Out Of School Girls in Binga District, Epworth Mabvuku-Tafara District • Binga is an ethnic minority community in Matabeleland Province due the cultural practices more girls are out of School • Epworth is a peri-urban community which has some social challenges due to the way it was planned no formal settlements exist, most families survive from vending.

  8. FAWE-ZIMBABWE’s Efforts • Creating demand for non formal education through: • Awareness raising on the options available for out of children especially school girls and the importance education for girl children especially those from minority ethnic groups to parents, local traditional leaders, church leaders, out of school girls and other stakeholders and responsible authorities. • of girls out of school in the targeted communities in Binga to form a movement of girls for peer support in education.

  9. FAWE-ZIMBABWE’S Efforts • Direct support for girls to re-enter school: • Linking girls to organizations which provide direct support for them to re-enter school • Providing direct support for girls to re-enter school. We tracked out of school girls, some approached us after the community meetings. • Our first batch of girls who re-enroled are in school and some are writing their Public exams in November 2017 and we are recruiting another cohort for 2018 at the same time.

  10. RECOMMENDATIONS • There is need for a budget commitment to support NFE. In my view the budget for NFE should be gender sensitive considering that we have more girls who are potential beneficiaries of that programme (we have more girls out of school and at risk of dropping than boys). • There is need for inter-ministerial dialogue to promote ownership of NFE policy implementation and to increase the uptake of NFE programmes. Ministries of Youth and Gender work with out of school children and youths, they have to embrace such policies.

  11. RECOMMENDATIONS • Communities have a critical role in stimulating demand for NFE. Community mobilization and capacity building is key for success of NFE Programmes.

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