Key Implications

National stakeholders in South Africa should consider new ways to address barriers to after-school programming, without which adolescent learners may be deprived of access to extracurricular activities. In-school programming, although effective, is not a sustainable strategy to overcome these barriers because if it is overused, it risks congesting the school day and interfering with core educational activities.Program managers should promote clear roles and responsibilities among near-peer educators and limit research facilitation responsibilities.