There is growing recognition that youth need more than academic knowledge to transition successfully into employment and adulthood (Dupuy et al. 2018). They also need "life skills," a set of cognitive, personal, and interpersonal strengths that position them for success in their lives and livelihoods. Life skills can enhance young people's agency and resilience, improve their psychosocial well-being, and predict a range of long-term outcomes, including health, job performance, and wages (Kwauk et al. 2018; OECD 2018, Kautz et al. 2014). The Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education (PSIPSE), a donor collaborative, has invested in 18 projects to strengthen life skills in young people. This brief offers eight lessons based on the experiences of these projects—on the design, delivery, measurement, and scale-up of youth life skills programming in lowand middle-income countries (LMICs).
Issue Areas
- Children and Youth
- Education and Literacy
- International Development
Publishers
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
- Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education
Funder
- Mastercard Foundation
- Echidna Giving
- Dubai Cares
Doc Type
- Issue/Policy Brief
Language
- English
Geography
- Africa (Eastern) / Kenya
- Africa (Eastern) / Tanzania
- Africa (Eastern) / Uganda
- Africa (Southeastern) / Malawi
- Africa (Western) / Nigeria
- Asia (Southeastern) / India
- Africa (Central) / Rwanda
Copyright
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License