Empowering underprivileged students beyond financial aid: Insights from a scholarship program's monitoring and evaluation.

Purpose: This paper examines the impact of a scholarship program on underprivileged students, drawing on data from a two-year monitoring and evaluation (M&E) process. The report identifies both enablers and barriers to academic success among scholarship beneficiaries.

Methods: Data on program impact was collected through interviews with parents, teachers, and school records over two academic years.