The Japanese Funds-in-Trust has agreed to release to The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-UNESCO funds amounting to US $400,000 which is equivalent to TZS 640,000,000 in order to support the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania in the implementation of a project targeting the PROVISION OF ALTERNATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS FORCED OUT OF SCHOOLS DUE TO TEENAGE PREGNANCIES.
The signing ceremony will take place at the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training conference hall at 9 AM on Thursday the 23rd of February, 2012.
The two year project will focus on out-of-school adolescent girls and young mothers between the ages of 13-19. The key project objectives are; first to provide adolescent girls who are forced to drop out of Ordinary secondary school due to pregnancies access to alternative learning opportunities and to empower them through income generating and life skills; secondly, to develop and test self-learning modules and empowerment toolkits for learners and facilitators and thirdly, to assess and document good practices and achievements which will inform strategies addressing the issues related to adolescent girls.
The overall aim of this project is improving the quality of life and social well-being of adolescent girls in Tanzania, in particular those who were forced out of Ordinary secondary school due to teenage pregnancy and truancy which is rampant in deprived rural areas. Shinyanga rural and Kahama districts will pilot the project based on the fact that Shinyanga is among the regions with a high dropout rate of adolescent girls due to early pregnancy.
It is a pre-requisite for the Plan of Operation for a Funds-in-Trust project agreement- in this case- the Japanese Funds-in-Trust (JFIT) to be signed by the Representative of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training and the Representative of UNESCO before the funds are released.
The signing ceremony will take place at the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training conference hall at 9 AM on Thursday the 23rd of February, 2012.
The two year project will focus on out-of-school adolescent girls and young mothers between the ages of 13-19. The key project objectives are; first to provide adolescent girls who are forced to drop out of Ordinary secondary school due to pregnancies access to alternative learning opportunities and to empower them through income generating and life skills; secondly, to develop and test self-learning modules and empowerment toolkits for learners and facilitators and thirdly, to assess and document good practices and achievements which will inform strategies addressing the issues related to adolescent girls.
The overall aim of this project is improving the quality of life and social well-being of adolescent girls in Tanzania, in particular those who were forced out of Ordinary secondary school due to teenage pregnancy and truancy which is rampant in deprived rural areas. Shinyanga rural and Kahama districts will pilot the project based on the fact that Shinyanga is among the regions with a high dropout rate of adolescent girls due to early pregnancy.
It is a pre-requisite for the Plan of Operation for a Funds-in-Trust project agreement- in this case- the Japanese Funds-in-Trust (JFIT) to be signed by the Representative of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training and the Representative of UNESCO before the funds are released.
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