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Title: Improving Education and Employment Outcomes for Out-of-School Youth: Systems Change in the Philippines. An Evaluation of the USAID Opportunity 2.0 Activity
Language: English
Authors: Rachel Blum, Philip Purnell, Contributor, Jill Jarvi, Contributor, Jhon Hayden Bayle, Contributor, Nancy Wallace, Contributor, Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), USAID
Source: Education Development Center, Inc. 2025.
Availability: Education Development Center, Inc. 43 Foundry Avenue, Waltham, MA 02453. Tel: 617-969-7100; Fax: 617-969-5979; e-mail: contact@edc.org; Web site: http://ltd.edc.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 50
Publication Date: 2025
Contract Number: 72049220CA00003
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Out of School Youth, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Agency Cooperation, COVID-19, Pandemics, Program Evaluation, Delivery Systems, Government Role, Private Sector, Public Sector, Job Training, Job Skills, 21st Century Skills, Online Courses, Partnerships in Education
Geographic Terms: Philippines
Abstract: This study presents the findings of an internal systems change evaluation of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Opportunity 2.0 activity in the Philippines, implemented by the Education Development Center (EDC). Known as "O2," the activity aimed to improve second-chance opportunities for 180,000 Filipino out-of-school youth (OSY) in 15 cities throughout the country, thereby improving their future education, employment, and livelihood outcomes. Designed to promote sustained and scalable shifts at the system level, O2 engaged several national and local government agencies, the private sector, OSY and the organizations representing them, education and training service providers, youth-serving organizations, and families and community groups. O2's holistic design was intended to empower OSY to socially and economically engage in their communities. Conducted toward the end of the five-year activity, this evaluation sought to answer this primary question: Over the life of the program, what have been the most salient system-level changes observed by stakeholders in the Philippines education-to-employment system for out-of-school youth?
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Entry Date: 2025
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