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Formative Evaluation of Girls' Access to Teacher Education (GATE) Programme
Overview
GATE porgramme: The education sector in Afghanistan grapples with a shortage of qualified and competent female teachers, especially in rural areas, which is one of the major causes for low enrolment and retention amongst girls. The situation is worse in rural provinces such as Ghor, Paktika, Paktia, Khost and Uruzgan with less than 5% proportion of female teachers, where parents/communities are reluctant to send girls to schools dominated by male teachers due to social and cultural reasons. To address the above inequalities, UNICEF partnered with the Government of Korea and MoE to increase the number of qualified female teachers in rural areas and consequently, girl child enrolment and retention rates in school through the Girls Access to Teacher Education (GATE) scholarship Programme, initiated in 2015 for an initial cohort of 1,000 female students. The two-year scholarship programme was piloted in the 5 provinces of Uruzgan, Ghor, Paktia, Paktika and Badghis before being scaled up to 8 others by 2018, targeting 887 additional students
Purpose of the evaluation: Purpose of formative evaluation of the GATE scholarship programme is to assess the extent to which it is progressing in relation to the intended objectives of increasing female teacher presence in hard to reach areas, increasing girls’ participation in learning spaces. The evaluation findings and recommendations will inform the Local Education Group (LEG), composed of in-country education stakeholders such as the ministries of education and finance, donors, development partners, UN agencies, and civil society organizations, on the current achievements of the programme based on the aforementioned criteria. Information generated will be used to further shape, scale up, and strengthen the GATE programme while producing valuable insights to inform and guide future interventions in the education sector in Afghanistan and beyond.
Report Details
| Year Published | |
| Type | |
| Joint | No |
| Partner/s | N/A |
| Consultant name | |
| Agency Focal Point | Ivan Ssenkubuge |
| Focal Point Email | issenkubuge@unicef.org |
| Managed by Independent Evaluation Office | No |
| Geographic Scope | Country |
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