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Formative Evaluation Report Highlights 2007

Aim: The formative evaluation was commissioned to take place after the first round of the implementation of the Schools Programme. The Schools Programme would have completed a first, full implementation process and it was deemed important to conduct a review of this before launching into a second implementation round where the programme is designed to expand.

 

Key thematic areas for the report include:

  • Implementation analysis
  • Contextual analysis
  • Beneficiary analysis
  • Management analysis
  • Monitoring and evaluation planning

 

Key Methodology: The formative evaluation was constructed along the lines of a multiple case study. Four school sites were selected and each of these contexts was explored in-depth, with four focus groups at each school.

 

Key results:

  • The intervention was not always implemented uniformly, and the relative experience of facilitators did have an impact on the Schools Programme delivery.
  • The context in which the Schools Programme was run (urban and rural areas in different provinces) had very little impact on the efficacy of the project, although the environments are markedly different.
  • The project was well received and valued by its beneficiaries.
  • Management of the Schools Programme needs to be more hands-on
  • Monitoring and evaluation tools need to be able to reflect the quality of the workshop delivery.

Key recommendations:

  • The Schools Programme methodology has proved to be very valuable for participants and should continue at activated schools.
  • The Schools Programme should be introduced in new schools, but this will require substantial additional investment in management of the Programme.
  • The Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and Life Skills should be linked more carefully in an integrated programme; perhaps two stages should be developed. This should be incorporated under one Schools Programme banner.
  • Supervision and management of the quality of facilitation needs to be improved to overcome the current large variability between ‘satisfactory’ and ‘excellent’ facilitation.

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