Sustainable Transition and Retention in Delivering Education (STRIDE)

Transition of students from primary to middle and secondary levels is a huge challenge in Pakistan. Currently, around 44% of the students completing primary education in the province drop out before completing matriculation. These statistics point towards the major issues in retention of children in schools and their transition from primary to middle level and middle to high school level.

STRIDE uses context-specific ‘actionable evidence’ to develop Union Council (UC) level plans to understand the challenge at the local level and implement actions that help ensure children stay at school (retention) and make the transition from primary to secondary education. This is done through the establishment of afternoon schools in existing government schools and the provision of transport facilities to students to reduce the distance they have to travel to reach schools.

STRIDE was initiated in 2017 in 4 districts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces of Pakistan. Based on the results of the pilot phase, STRIDE has been scaled-up in 20 additional districts of Punjab and 4 districts of KP by the government.