2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417795This working paper is based on a literature review and country case studies in six Sub-Saharan African countries: Eritrea, Mali, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. It looks at the role of secondary education and training in promoting health, civics and life skills among the African youth. Specifically, this study focuses on examining which schooling programs are effective in equipping young people with life skills, which programs reduce dropout and increase participation and how schools can become agents in tackling health and social issues.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igoWorld BankACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATIONADOLESCENTSAGEDBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC EDUCATION LEVELBOARD OF EDUCATIONCALLCIVIC EDUCATIONCLASS DISCUSSIONSCLASSROOMCLASSROOM TEACHINGCOGNITIVE SKILLSCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOUNSELINGCOUNTRY CASE STUDIESCOUNTRY STUDIESCRIMECURRICULACURRICULUMCURRICULUM DESIGNDROPOUT RATESEDUCATIONEDUCATION CAPACITYEDUCATION DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION REFORMSEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SPECIALISTSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL CHANGEEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEDUCATIONAL PLANNINGENROLLMENT RATIOFAMILIESFAMILY LIFEFAMILY LIFE EDUCATIONFEMALE STUDENTSFREE EDUCATIONGENDER ISSUESGERHEALTHHEALTH EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMMUNODEFICIENCYINSTITUTIONALIZATIONINTEGRATED CURRICULUMINTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONINTERVENTIONINTERVENTION STRATEGIESINTERVENTIONSJUNIOR CERTIFICATEJUNIOR SECONDARYJUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATIONJUNIOR SECONDARY LEVELLEADERSHIPLEARNERSLEARNINGLEARNING METHODSLEARNING PRACTICESLEARNING PROCESSESLEARNING PROGRAMSLESSON PLANNINGLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIFE SKILLSLIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONLIFE-SKILLSLITERACYLOCAL TEACHERSLOWER SECONDARY LEVELMINISTRIES OF EDUCATIONMOBILITYMOBILITY OF PEOPLENATIONAL SCHOOLNATIONAL SCHOOL CURRICULUMNERNET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATIONON-FORMAL EDUCATIONNUTRITIONOCCUPATIONSPAPERSPEER EDUCATIONPEER EDUCATORSPOPULATION STUDIESPOST-PRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRINTINGPUPILSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRURAL AREASSCHOOL ACTIVITIESSCHOOL CERTIFICATESCHOOL CURRICULUMSCHOOL DEVELOPMENTSCHOOL FEESSCHOOL HEALTHSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL PROGRAMSCHOOL PROGRAMSSCHOOL-LEAVING EXAMINATIONSSCHOOLBOOKSSCHOOLCHILDRENSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSENIOR SECONDARY LEVELSENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLINGSENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASESSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL ISSUESSPORTSSTREET CHILDRENTEACHERTEACHER EDUCATIONTEACHER PREPARATIONTEACHERSTEACHINGUNEMPLOYED YOUTHUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUPEVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONWOMEN EDUCATIONISTSYOUNG PEOPLE