The higher education intervention will increase the opportunities for adolescent girls and young women to attend university or pursue open and distance learning certificate, diploma, and degree programs and focus on high-demand employment subjects and training for increased economic impact. Support for shorter term post-secondary training programs will focus on high growth sectors that take into account the needs of Malawian employers or opportunities for selfemployment. This will inform ways to support internships and other on-the-job training partnerships, particularly with private companies and local business leaders. The project will also enhance the capacities of Malawian institutions of higher learning (universities and colleges) to admit more students, through strategies such as online and distance learning, and to design courses and programs that more directly address the job market needs in Malawi