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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>At least 2,000 school dropouts in Oyam and Amolatar districts will have access to good informal education courtesy of a new education programme.<\/p>\n

The project dubbed \u201cTransitioning Youth to Sustainable Livelihoods\u201d aims at offering skills to school dropouts, which they can use for self-employment.<\/p>\n

The three-year intervention is implemented by Action for Child Social and Economic Transformation (ACSET), an indigenous national NGO, in partnership with Swiss Academy for Development.<\/p>\n

One of the beneficiaries, Nancy Acheng, 17, of Oyubu Village, Namasale Sub-county in Amolatar District, dropped out in Primary Seven in 2020 because of her inability to raise fees.<\/p>\n

The orphaned girl sat for PLE at Olyaka Primary School, Namasale, and scored Aggregate 29.<\/p>\n

Her father, Tonny Atwii, died after a long illness in 2017, while her mother, Betty Abwo, died in 2022.<\/p>\n

Another girl, Bridget Ekit, 17, of Abalu Trading Centre, Myene Sub-county in Oyam District dropped out of school in 2019. She was a Primary Six pupil at Cornerstone Junior School, also in Myene.<\/p>\n

\u201cI dropped out of school because I wanted to join a vocational school where I can study for a few months and begin making some money to support my family,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Today, she is among 20 school dropouts who are back to school at Skills for All Vocational Training Institute (S4A VTI) in Oyam Town Council due to the above intervention.<\/p>\n

At this institution, Ekit, Acheng and her colleagues are trained in vocational skills and are helped to build self-confidence.<\/p>\n

Mr Bruno Sserunkuma Akejo, the executive director of ACSET Uganda, said their intervention is looking at addressing key challenges facing youth in Amolatar and Oyam districts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are aware that due to poverty, there are many school dropouts and many youth are back home. So, we are looking at this project as a key pillar to bringing at least sustainable livelihood to youth in a way that we give them skills that they can use for self-employment or to be employed with another company,\u201d Mr Akejo said last week.<\/p>\n

Under the project, the beneficiaries will be engaged along agriculture value chains so that they can gain their self-employment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end, we want to see a youth whose life is transformed, who can make decisions; youth who can afford anything that they want; can maintain themselves, can buy what they want, can look into the future and plan appropriately,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ms Oliver Adoch, the Community Development Officer (CDO) of Namasale Sub-county in Amolatar District, thanked the partners for the intervention.<\/p>\n

She said the project will send back to school young people who are at home because of their parents\u2019 inability to sponsor their education.<\/p>\n

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