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How do we ensure evidence actually improves outcomes for young people?

At this year’s Evidence to Impact Symposium, Educate! Director of Impact Evaluation, Phillip Okull, will share how we’re using Rapid Impact Assessment (RIA) to strengthen youth livelihood solutions across East Africa.

📍 Session: Advancing Gender Equity in Youth Livelihoods
📅 Tuesday, June 9
📌 11:30–11:40 AM EAT

In this session, Phillip will share how real-time insights from our livelihood bootcamps are helping us adapt delivery and better support participation and success for girls.

One key insight: although many girls start with fewer skills and economic opportunities, they often make the greatest gains over time — helping close gender gaps in income and business ownership.

If you’re attending, we hope to see you there!

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Across Tanzania, curriculum reform is translating into meaningful change: classrooms where students actively build skills, apply knowledge, and begin shaping their own economic futures.

Educate! is working with partners across the education and development sector to drive this shift.

Together with the Government of Tanzania and Leaders in Teaching (LIT) Tanzania — in partnership with Mastercard Foundation — we are strengthening teacher professional development to help educators deliver more practical learning in classrooms.

At the same time, we are supporting the nationwide rollout of the Business Studies subject, equipping students through hands-on projects that build skills for employment.

So far, 1,964 Business Studies teachers have been equipped to deliver the new curriculum, with these efforts projected to reach 333,256 students in the first year of secondary school.

“The new teaching methods are making students more active in class and helping them better understand the content,” says Seralin Sawa, a Business Studies Teacher in Dar es Salaam Secondary School.

👉🏿 Learn more about LIT Tanzania:

Strengthening Practical Learning Through ‘Leaders in Teaching’ (LIT) in Tanzania — Educate! | Preparing youth in Africa with the skills to succeed in today’s economy. Across Tanzania, curriculum reform is translating into meaningful change: classrooms where students actively build skills, apply knowledge, and begin shaping their own economic futures. Through the Leaders in Teaching initiative, teachers are being equipped to deliver the new curriculum effectively,

Is secondary education building the skills youth need for success later in life?

This weekend at the CIES - Comparative & International Education Society 2026 Conference in San Francisco, Educate!'s Global Director of Research, Measurement & Evaluation, Meghan Mahoney, will join partners from BRAC, Innovations for Poverty Action and Z**i Afrique Foundation to explore an urgent question: what does it take to design education systems that respond to changing economies and the realities young people face today?

In this session, Meghan will share insights from Educate!’s work alongside governments to embed practical skills into secondary education systems across East Africa — including lessons from impact evaluations and efforts to identify early indicators that help predict long-term success for youth.

📍 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: Is Secondary Education Building the Skills Youth Need for Success Later in Life?
📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: Sunday, March 29
📌 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 4:30 to 5:45pm PT

If you’re attending , we’d love to connect and continue the conversation!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗼-𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮?

A new Global Partnership for Education blog, co-authored by Educate!’s Boris Bulayev, Diana Mwai, and Missy Mwendwa, highlights two complementary approaches:

• 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
• 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹

By embedding practical, employment-focused skills within national education systems, impact can be sustained beyond time-bound efforts and external funding.

At the same time, for the millions of young people who cannot access secondary school, inclusive and accessible pathways can help youth build market-relevant skills and start a business — ensuring no one is left behind.

Together, these approaches require strategic investment so all young people are prepared to enter the workforce with the skills and confidence to build their future.

🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👇🏿

Scaling learning that earns: Pathways to work for every young person | Global Partnership for Education Educate! works with governments, teachers and youth to transform education systems and equip young people with the skills they need for the future of work. Achieving impact at this scale requires collective action, and leaders across GPE, policy makers, civil society and investors are essential to m...