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Girls' School Overview
Visionary Approach to Development
Student Characteristics
Learning Structures That Engage
Two-Generation Approach (Back-Home Projects, Parents Workshops)
Microcredit Fund for Parents
Results and Looking Ahead
URDT's Co-Curriculum
In addition to teaching subjects required by the National Curriculum such as Reading, Math and Science, the URDT Girls' School offers its students an intensive co-curriculum programme that provides hands-on experience in rural development, leadership and income generation.
Co-curriculum subjects include:
Technologies for Creating – Visionary leadership, strategic planning, systems thinking
Vocational Training – Carpentry, tailoring, building and construction, metalwork, mechanics, home improvements, agriculture and energy-saving technologies
Entrepreneurship – Business management, micro-enterprises, savings and credit
Preventive Healthcare – Adolescence and sexuality, HIV/AIDS, water and sanitation
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security – Organic farming, animal traction
Human Rights & Family Cooperation – Domestic violence, gender roles, land rights