# **Table S3:** Program impacts on educational qualifications and competencies (beneficiaries)

## **<u>Panel A:  Baseline Dropouts</u>**

|||||Educa|tional Qua|lifications|||||Co|Sendin a<br>mpetencie|<br>s (Standardiz|ed)|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||1 if P|d Pi|Shl|1 if P|d Ji|Sd|1 if P|d S|Shl|Ftili|Ch|g|<br>Ui|Cllti||
||=|sse rm<br>(PSLC)|Two Years<br>ry coo<br>|= a<br>|se unor<br>School (JC|Two Years<br>econary<br>E)|<br>= a|se econ<br>(MSCE)|Two Years<br>ary coo|erzer<br>Application|ange<br>Given|Text<br>Message|<br>sng a<br>Calculator|<br>acuang<br>Profits|Time<br>Spent|
||During<br>Program|End of<br>Program|<br>After<br>Program|During<br>Program|End of<br>Program|<br>After<br>Program|<br>During<br>Program|End of<br>Program|<br>After<br>Program||T|wo Years|After Progra|m||
||(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|(6)|(7)|(8)|(9)|(10)|(11)|(12)|(13)|(14)|(15)|
|=1 if Conditional Schoolgirl|0.030|0.058**|0.081***|0.012|0.049**|0.034|0.004|0.003|0.016|-0.044|-0.014|0.101|0.065|0.094|-0.007|
||(0.025)|(0.025)|(0.026)|(0.019)|(0.021)|(0.022)|(0.008)|(0.010)|(0.011)|(0.069)|(0.062)|(0.072)|(0.071)|(0.076)|(0.091)|
|Mean in Control Group|0.328|0.351|0.366|0.085|0.123|0.136|0.008|0.025|0.026|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|
|Sample Size|697|718|744|697|718|744|697|718|744|742|741|741|741|742|742|
|**Panel B: Baseline Schoolgirls**||||||||||||||||
|=1 if Conditional Schoolgirl|0.030|0.013|-0.014|-0.013|0.055*|0.033|-0.004*|0.005|0.006|0.015|0.048|0.077|0.060|-0.006|-0.113|
||(0.039)|(0.024)|(0.019)|(0.022)|(0.028)|(0.028)|(0.002)|(0.011)|(0.021)|(0.071)|(0.071)|(0.070)|(0.054)|(0.076)|(0.085)|
|=1 if Unconditional Schoolgirl|0.046|0.030|0.017|0.002|0.016|0.010|-0.006*|-0.009|-0.065**|0.096|-0.017|0.161**|0.098|-0.045|-0.118|
||(0.038)|(0.026)|(0.016)|(0.022)|(0.045)|(0.035)|(0.003)|(0.015)|(0.027)|(0.092)|(0.057)|(0.079)|(0.064)|(0.090)|(0.085)|
|p-value UCT vs. CCT|0.755|0.600|0.166|0.546|0.439|0.565|0.325|0.385|0.022|0.378|0.389|0.364|0.584|0.636|0.963|
|p-value Treatment|0.386|0.488|0.359|0.797|0.148|0.486|0.150|0.683|0.045|0.570|0.685|0.105|0.249|0.862|0.258|
|Mean in Control Group|0.496|0.776|0.879|0.144|0.337|0.537|0.004|0.054|0.170|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|
|Sample Size|1,967|2,019|2,047|1,967|2,019|2,047|1,967|2,019|2,047|2,048|2,046|2,047|2,047|2,048|2,048|

_Notes:_ Regressions are OLS models with robust standard errors clustered at the EA level. All regressions are weighted to make them representative of the target population in the study EAs. Baseline values of the following variables are included as controls in the regression analyses: age indicators, stratum indicators, household asset index, highest grade attended, and an indicator for never had sex. We restrict the sample to respondents who were surveyed during the latest household survey conducted two years after the program (Round 4). Competencies represent a set of skills that were anticipated to be sensitive to education and relevant for non-formal employment. The skills tested included reading and following instructions to apply fertilizer; making correct change during hypothetical market transactions; sending text messages and using the calculator on a mobile phone, and calculating profits under hypothetical business scenarios. All competency components are standardized to have a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one in the control group. Parameter estimates statistically different than zero at 99% (***), 95% (**), and 90% (*) confidence.