When young people seek further education, they create opportunity.

Well-regarded research connects education attainment with lifetime income across a variety of contexts.

In Uganda, for example, the World Bank estimates that:

Secondary graduates earn 16.7% more on average than peers who complete primary alone.

Tertiary graduates earn 23.4% more than those who complete secondary.
Young women experience a 24.1% return for tertiary completion.

Applying this research to our own skills and education attainment results suggests that:

Educate! youth are making choices that will likely improve their life outcomes.

Quality Education Breaks Down Barriers

Educate!’s core experience improves youth skills and supports them in overcoming gender barriers — growth that encourages investments in education, which leads to improved income and employment over time.

Youth who participate in Educate! are more likely to:

Graduate from secondary school

Females graduate at rate that virtually closes the gender gap

Young women who participate in Educate! are 25% more likely to enroll in university than their peers.

Enroll in universities and vocational schools

Young women are 25% more likely to enroll than their peers

Educate! participants’ average GPAs are 0.12 SD higher in university than their peers.

Earn higher GPAs in university

Females’ grade-point averages are 0.21 SD higher than counterparts’

Youth who participate in Educate! are 14% more likely to pursue business or STEM degrees in university than their peers.

Pursue STEM and business degrees

Young women are 22% more likely to pursue higher-earning degrees in university

These outcomes are strongly correlated with long-term labor market and life outcomes.

Results from follow-on Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) which measured the impact of the Educate! Experience on students 3.5 years after graduating from secondary.
Carney, Dana, et al. (2019). “Educate! Evaluation: Four-year Follow-up Report.”

“I want to help people around me. That is what inspires me...”

Daniel Okurut, Health clinic owner, Educate! graduate

Meet Daniel

Youth like Daniel build the skills needed to strategically work towards their visions. While in secondary school, Daniel worked to improve the health of his community members through safer and more efficient cooking stoves. Recognizing his passion for healthcare and leveraging his new business skills, Daniel pursued a degree in medical technology and opened an urban health clinic serving hundreds of patients each month.

Daniel created a plan to act upon his passion and impact his community.

Daniel’s driving motivation is giving back: “I want to help people around me. That is what inspires me and what has always been and still is at the back of my mind. I started with cooking stoves because I wanted to mitigate the health and respiratory problems that often result from smoke inhalation, but the clinics are the ultimate realization of my aspirations.”