This report presents the findings of a tracer study of graduates of the Adolescent and Adult Learning Training Programme (AALTP), a non-formal education programme run by the Community Development Foundation (CDF) in partnership with the Sindh Education Foundation (SEF), Government of Sindh, in the districts of Jacobabad and Shikarpur. Across 12 batches at four centres (Qalati Brohi, Sheranpur, Chodiyo Sadhayo and Mian Jo Goth), AALTP enrolled 1,165 learners, of whom 1,023 graduated: 802 adolescents and 221 adults, an overall pass rate of 87.8%. Between 26 September and 10 October 2026, CDF enumerators interviewed a representative sample of 116 female graduates (64 adolescent girls and 52 adult women) in person in their villages. The study examined whether adolescent graduates entered and stayed in formal schooling and whether adult graduates used their literacy and tailoring skills to earn a living.
The study found that 62.5% of adolescent girls were admitted to government schools in Grade 6, and none of them have dropped out. Mainstreaming was strongest where a functional school was willing to admit them: all graduates from Qalati Brohi were admitted, compared with 22.6% from the other three centres. The main barriers were a non-functional middle school, a head teacher refusing to accept the AALTP certificate, missing documents and family restrictions on older girls. Among adult women, 71.2% are now in skilled work, self-employment or a paid job, and 63.5% report higher income, although most earn less than PKR 10,000 a month. The report closes with a centre-wise comparison, learners’ own suggestions, and recommendations to strengthen school linkages, certificate recognition, post-transition support, trade diversification and certification for adult graduates.
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