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Achieving reduction of child labour in support of education: Programme to reduce the worst forms of child labour in agriculture - Final evaluation
- eval_number:
- 3555
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3555
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Child labour
- category:
- Child labour, forced labour, human trafficking and slavery
- comments:
- Targeted users: project designers and implementers (ILO/program teams), education actors delivering ALS and training, livelihood support implementers, and local protection/governance bodies (BCPCs, CLMS/CLPU actors, community monitors/referral actors). Beneficiaries: children (reduced child labour risk, improved access to learning) and families (reduced economic pressure, increased ability to choose safer options).
- challenges:
- The lesson implied that single-pillar approaches (education-only or awareness-only) would have been insufficient because they did not address the full set of drivers simultaneously. Causal factors behind weakness of single-component interventions included: persistent household economic pressure (without livelihoods), limited learning accessibility (without ALS access), and inactive or weak referral/monitoring systems (without governance strengthening).
- success:
- Positive results were attributed to synergy across pillars: livelihood support reduced economic pressure; ALS and adapted training increased accessible learning and changed knowledge/attitudes; and strengthened governance structures enabled monitoring and referrals. Together, these elements enabled both behavioural shifts (family choices) and systemic changes (activated protection/referral mechanisms).
- context:
- Context: BARMM, where child labour drivers were multi-causal (economic pressure, barriers to learning access, and weak/under-activated protection systems). Preconditions for the lesson to hold included: ALS being accessible to learners; training content being culturally adapted and usable; parents having some pathway to livelihood support; and local governance/protection mechanisms being present and able to act (monitoring, referrals).
- description:
- Sustained child labour reduction required an integrated, multi-pillar package rather than single-component efforts. The strongest changes occurred when the project combined: (1) Alternative Learning Systems (ALS) access, (2) culturally adapted SCREAM/Child Labour Training Manual, (3) livelihood support for parents, and (4) strengthened protection/governance systems (BCPCs, CLMS, CLPU), including community monitoring and referral actions.
- administrative_issues:
- Design: required integrated programming across education, livelihoods, and governance rather than siloed activities. Implementation: required coordination among multiple components and actors (ALS delivery, training adaptation/delivery, livelihood support, and functioning protection systems). Resources/staffing: implied higher needs for cross-sector coordination capacity, sufficient staffing/time to align components, and resourcing to deliver multiple pillars in parallel.
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/2380983
- location:
- country:
- Asia and the Pacific - regional
- region:
- Asia and the Pacific
- country:
- Americas - regional
- region:
- Americas
- eval_title:
- Achieving reduction of child labour in support of education: Programme to reduce the worst forms of child labour in agriculture - Final evaluation
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