CAPP TO CONDUCT END-LINE SURVEY FOR TEGIN PROJECT

Posted by comm in events on April 24, 2012

CAPP, is set to conduct an end-line survey in May 2012 for its Transforming Education for Girls in Nigeria and Tanzania (TEGINT) project. The research is being coordinated by the Institute of Education (IoE) of the University of Education, East London, United Kingdom. Others involved in the research process are Actionaid Nigeria and Actionaid UK.

The overall aim of the end line study is to examine changes associated with key project activities since the baseline research was conducted, assess their relationship with project inputs and consider the project hypothesis in the light of the data collected.

The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State has been engaged as the Research Institute to handle the end-line study.   The research activities will be taking place as follows;

The training of enumerators is scheduled to hold between 8^th-11^th May, 2012 for research assistants who will be engaged for the field work. This will commence immediately after the training.   The research team from IoE London will be attending the training in Nigeria.

In 2008, quantitative study of the project was carried out and an accompanying qualitative baseline studies were carried out in 2009 to add depth and detail to the quantitative study findings.

The key areas of investigation are:

•  Whether the obstacles to schooling and solutions that girls identified in 2008/2009 have changed and whether there is a relationship between the pattern of change, knowledge of HIV & confidence in talking about gender inequalities (including sexual harassment or violence) and aspects of project inputs associated with forming girls’ clubs, the activities of school committees (including the appointment of women in significant numbers) and the qualification and training of teachers.
• Whether the gender profiles in enrolment, attendance and progression in the schools in which the project is working have changed, and whether changes are similar or different to other schools in those districts or states.
• How girls view the use of participatory teaching methods and how this relates to teacher conditions – notably class size, qualifications and training, gender – levels of girls’ attainment and extent of participation in girls’ clubs.
• The extent to which teachers consider the schools in which they work support girls’ education and how this relates to levels of teacher qualification, training, the activities of the school committees and the girls’ clubs.
•  Whether the fees charged by schools have changed and how this relate to school gender profiles, girls’ views on their schooling, the activities of the school committees and teacher qualifications
• Whether the views of girls on the obstacles to schooling and solutions are similar or different to those of teachers, members of school committees, and village officers, and how this pattern links with aspects of project inputs associated with forming girls’ clubs, the activities of school committees (including the appointment of women in significant numbers) and the qualification and training of teachers.

CAPP HOLDS QUARTERLY PLANNING MEETING

Posted by Rowland Akin in events on February 1, 2012

CAPP is holding its first quarter 2012 planning meeting in Abuja starting from Sunday 5^th –Friday 10th February 2012. The meeting comprises all Programme Officers from the State branches and the head office staff.

The main objectives of this meeting would be to review the last quarter, identify successes, challenges and how they were dealt with and to plan activities for the quarter at hand.

There will also be a refresher training for participants on STAR i.e. Society Tackling Aids through Rights at the five days meeting. This will be facilitated by a consultant, Dr. Chinedu Monye.

TRAINING OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

Posted by Rowland Akin in events on January 24, 2012

CAPP is starting this year with training for government officials from State institutions on Rights Based Approach to development and gender issues. Participants to be drawn would include among others, Commissioners of education, States Chairmen and women of States Universal Basic Education Board, Education secretaries from Local Government Areas, and Chairmen of States Houses of Assembly committee on education all from TEGIN states.

This training workshop where about twenty four persons would in  participation, is expected to hold in February this year outside Abuja.

Among the objectives of the training include the following:

1. To get the buy-in of participants because of the strategic positions that they occupy in their States
2. To enable participants have a better understanding of how Rights Based Approach apply to girls education
3. For participants to use knowledge acquired from the training to support gender sensitive policies in their various States.

CDPB for Launch in Plateau State

Posted by Rowland Akin in events on December 1, 2011

The Community Driven Peace Building (CDPB), a peace building  project funded by MacArthur Foundation will be formally launched in Jos, the State headquarters on the 5th December 2011 at the  Rayfield, Plateau State Government house.

A discussion session is expected to follow the public presentation of the summary baseline survey just conducted in the targeted communities. This will enable the stakeholders notably: Community beneficiaries, Civil Society Organizations and members of the public to make their inputs to the document.

Expected at the occasion are government officials, Civil Society Organizations, members of CAPP in the State and the general public.