Outcomes Assessment Half Year Report January – June 2011 Rose Charities Sri Lanka August 2011 Swiss Foundation Project Project Milestone & Non-Milestone Targets - Review (for the covered period) Activity Milestones - 2010 Achievement in 2010 Milestones – 2011 Achievement in 201 1 (according to agreement) (according to agreement) (so far in 6 months) EARLY CHILDHOOD AND GENERAL EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM ECCE Open 4 preschools with 360 Opened 7 preschools with Open 7 preschools with 55 0 Opened 14 preschools with children 338 children children 608 children Start 3 village groups and Started 3 village groups and Start 7 village groups and Started 14 village groups and hold weekly activities held weekly activities hold weekly activities held weekly activities Hold 12 training or Held 12 training or planning Hold 24 training or Held 14 training or planning planning activities activities planning activities activities Hold 3 public awareness Held 3public awareness Hold 6 public awareness He ld 4 public awareness activities activities activities activities Primary Education 200 children attending 582 children from 7 schools 300 children attending 704 children from 11 schools classes attending classes classes attending classes Hold 6 teacher workshops Held 5 teacher workshops Hold 6 teacher workshops Held 6 teacher workshops 15 school drop -outs 30 school drop -outs assisted 20 school drop -outs 41 school drop -outs assisted assisted assisted Secondary 250 students assisted 432 students assisted 500 students assisted 410 students assisted Education Hold 2 computer training Held 2 computer training Hold 2 computer training Held 1 computer training courses course Hold 1drop out support Held 1 drop out support Hold 1drop out support 1 Ongoing drop out support re-integration program re-integration program re-integration program re-integration program SPECIAL IMPACT PROGRAMS Empowerment of 4 girls clubs Started 10 girls clubs with 295 12 girls clubs Started 1 1 girls clubs with 336 Girls in Education members members Program 4 new sports teams 7 girls basketball teams 7 new sports teams 4 girls basketball teams (schools) 18 meetings of clubs/ 28 meetings of club 36 meetings of clubs/ 23 meetings of club teams teams 3 community activities, 3 campaign meetings with 6 community activities, 2 campaign meetings with meetings, recruitment parents meetings, recruitment parents campaigns etc. campaigns etc. At Risk Children 6 CSW training workshops 6 CSW training workshops with 6 CSW training workshops 1 CSW training workshops Program to train 14 CSW 36 CSW participation to train 14 CSW with 22 CSW participation 150 children have access to 382 children have access to the 150 children have access to 12 2 children have access to the CSW through visits etc CSWs through visits etc the CSW through visits etc the CSWs through visits etc Hold 3 village campaigns/ Held 12 supporting community Hold 6 village campaigns/ Held 1 supp orting community meetings meetings with 893 participants meetings meetings with 79 participants Hold 6 community Held 6 community awareness Hold 6 community Held 4 community awareness awareness programs programs with 434 awareness programs programs with 255 participants. participants. POST SECONDARY WOMEN EDUCATION / TRAINING / OTHER PROGRAMS Women University Award 20 scholarships. 12 students received Award 60 scholarships. 1 student received scholarship Support Program scholarships Young Women Establish 6 women groups Established 6 women groups Establish 6 women groups Established 7 women groups Support Program Hold 6 3women group workshops Hold 12 2 women groups workshops meetings/workshops (198 participants), meetings/workshops (179 participants), 2 women 2 women group meetings group meetings (638 (556 participants) participants) Vocational Agreed 2010 Milestones Held 6 Vocation Training hold 9 vocation training 5 Vocation Training have been Training for Wives hold 12 vocation training Programs in two Vocational successfully completed and and Mothers Revised 2010 Milestones Training Centers, with a grand on-going with a grand total of hold 6 vocation training total of 115 student 136 student Hold 1 awareness Held 1 awareness workshop N/A N/A workshop. SUSTAINABILITY and EVALUATION Sustainability Hold fundraising activities Held 2 fundraising activities Hold fundraising activities N/A Hold 6 community Held 6 community integration Hold 12 community Held 6 community integration integration meetings meetings with 379 participants integration meetings meetings with 531 participants A) EARLY CHILDHOOD AND GENERAL EDUCATION SUPPORT 1. Early Childhood Care and Education Objective: • Increase access to pre-school education for low-income families • Increase community awareness and investment in early education • Improve the quality of education by creating opportunities for extra-curricular activities. ECHCE program of RCSL has entered the year 2011 with the 7 preschools which have been established in 2010 with 338 students. With another 7 preschools with 248 children joining the family of Rose Preschools in January 2011, there are 14 preschools from Kalmunai and Sammanthurai Education Zones in Ampara district with 608 children of age 3 to 6 getting access to the Preschool Education under the Rose ECHCE program. # Preschool Area Student Boy Girl Teache s s s rs 1 Rose Preschool Periyaneelavan 47 22 25 2 ai 2 Rose Preschool Annamalai 26 16 10 2 3 Mega Preschool Chalambaikeny 65 29 36 2 4 Zahira Preschool 12 th Colony 38 18 20 2 5 Rose Preschool Veeracholai 24 12 12 2 6 Rose Preschool Veeramunai 58 25 33 2 7 Domino’s E.C.E.Centre Kalmunai 102 52 50 4 8 Bharathiyar Preschool Malwatta 49 22 27 2 Barathiyar Preschool is located in Malwatta , a Tamil village at the border near the Sinhalese part of Ampara district. People in this village were affected by the war severely and village was completely damaged. The rebuilding took place after the situation came to normal. The school was managed by an Organization and left off a year back. Village leaders, RDS and parents have requested our organization for taking over and administrating the school. 9 Nehru Preschool Karaitivu 32 15 17 2 This school was completely damaged by the disastrous Tsunami in 2004 which was rebuilt and donated by the Rural Development society of the area. The Organization administered the school left it off a year back. RCSL took over the school on the request of the parents, teachers and the society leaders. 10 Sithanaikutti Preschool Karaitivu 35 27 8 2 This school was also completely washed away by the Tidal waves of the Tsunami which was rebuilt and then handed over to the villagers by an Organization. This is a mixed school of Muslims and Tamil children. 11 Aims Preschool Karaitivu 22 9 13 2 This is a Christian Preschool managed by an Organization (H.D.O) for some time and left off a year back. The cleric of the area and the parents requested us to take over and we have taken over the management. 12 Immam Hazaly Preschool 12 th Colony 54 22 32 3 This is a Muslim school located in a rural area of poor income generating families. We took over this school on the request of the parents, teachers and the society leaders of the area. 13 Iwa Preschool Sammanthurai 35 15 20 2 This school is also a Muslim school in a remote area. The school building was donated by the RDS of the area. There are no preschools in the surrounding area. We took over the school on the request of Teachers and the parents. 14 Weharagama Preschool 10 th Colony 21 11 10 2 The 1 st Sinhalese Language Preschool in a Sinhalese Village which was badly affected by the civil strife. Members of every family in this village were in some way affected by the war. There were no Preschools in the area. An abandoned building was repaired and built in to a preschool by the parents and the villagers with the help of RCSL. Total 14 608 295 31 31 3 Data Collection The following data is compiled from the following methods; 1. Tests and or evaluation of each student by the teachers which are usually done at different stages of the preschool year. 2. Questionnaires given to teachers and parents at the beginning and end of the preschool year. 3. The teacher survey to evaluate each child’s ability at the start of the school year and the child’s ability after the school year. Assessment of Results The following methods to depict the result and or impact; 1. A positive or negative change when comparing the test &/ evaluation of each student which are done by the teachers in the beginning and in the middle of the preschool year. 2. An increase in a selected indicator shows positive development, while a decrease shows a negative development. 3. An increase in number of children is indicated by a positive number, while a decrease is indicated by a negative number. The outcomes in the middle and or at the end of the project year are drawn from the total net change in ability of each preschool. Teachers evaluated a total of 300 students, representing 49.5% of all preschool students. Surveys used in drawing the outcomes asked direct questions by a preschool teacher and or a RCSL staff in an informal setting. In this setting, parents were comfortable to give feedback on indicators such as teacher performance, changes in child behavior and quality of education. Neutrality is maintained since lack of progress is indicated by the “No” option, for example, in the year end outcome assessment-2010, 10% parents saw no change in their child’s language skills after attending preschool. Indicators for Half Year 1. Increase in number of children who are able to identify objects and Year-End 2. Increase in number of children who are able to identify colors. Assessment. 3. Increase in number of children who are familiar with the Tamil alphabet.