INFORMED GUIDANCE FOR A CHOSEN FUTURE
How can you know what you want to become if you don’t know yourself? How can you move forward without knowing which direction to take?
Around the world, nearly one in four young people drop out of school before completing their education (UNESCO). Nearly one in two will never work in the job they had considered: poverty, loss of meaning, inadequate training, or lack of support explain these broken paths.
At a pivotal moment in their lives, the IECD supports young people in their personal, academic, and professional development, enabling them to make informed choices, revealing their talents, and promoting equal opportunities.
Taking control of your life and building your future
The IECD implements measures to re-engage young dropouts, with approaches that vary according to the context: programmes facilitating access to vocational training in Tunisia and the Central African Republic, boarding schools for middle school students and a preparatory year for higher education in Madagascar.
Successful career guidance: the key to social and professional integration
Without career guidance, the most vulnerable young people often choose paths with no job prospects. The IECD helps them to get to know themselves better and discover their environment so that they can make free training choices. A guidance counselor helps them explore the professional world and refine their choices through immersive work experiences, introductions to vocational trades, and forums. At the Janah centre in Lebanon, they can envision paths to integration by freeing themselves from social and gender norms.
Raising awareness among families and education and youth professionals to better support young people
Through its “Parent Schools” in Lebanon and Madagascar, the IECD supports parents, who play a key role in their children’s education, in helping them achieve their academic, social, and professional aspirations.
And professionals such as middle school teachers, guidance counselors, and youth workers at youth centres also benefit from initial and ongoing training.
