Beyond Employment: An Impact Study on the Role of ALS in Building Entrepreneurial and Livelihood Skill

The Non-Formal Education Program (NFEP) was developed to ensure inclusive and fair access to education for marginalized learners and, longitudinally, to increase the literacy and employability rates along with the possibility of lifelong learning. Despite most of the given literature having been devoted to academic performances, in particular, the performance with respect to Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) tests, little attention has been devoted to ALS as a livelihood development and entrepreneurship platform. The present paper applies the method of document analysis to the government reports, policy frameworks, program manuals and evaluation studies to investigate the ways ALS integrates aspects of entrepreneurship and livelihood in its curriculum and implementation. The findings highlight the fact that ALS modules, such as life skills, financial literacy, problem-solving, and community-based training have a potential to become the important instruments that will equip learners with the set of skills that will help them to be prepared to work independently, start or manage small businesses, and participate in the local economy. At the same time, the review reveals part of the difficulties represented in the documents, such as the access to startup capital, insufficient market links, digital skills, and resource constraints, leading to the small scale of livelihood-based programs. The perspectives of ALS have been defined in the paper. Instructions are made institutional and non-discriminatory. Economic empowerment by synthesis of. Documents and records that have been published. The analysis is part of the more general discussion of education as the instrument of sustainable development because it creates a connection between literacy, employability, and community development.