Assessment of Child-to-Child Educational Project .Implementation in Eastern Tigray: Challenges and Prospects
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2011-04
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main purpase af this study Ivas to assess the implemenlation of child-la-child project in
Tigray region. The studyjocused on challenges and prospects of Ihe project with Ihe aim to
suggest possible soilitions 10 the idenlified problems. The research methodology employed in this
study was descriptive survey. Accordingly, survey questionnaire items lIIere prepared The
queslionnaires pilot tested and administered to a sample of 210 suhjects composed o[ 125
./acilitators. -12 leachers and -13 PTA members. A lotal of 200(95.2%) olthe qllestionnaires were
properly/Wed in and returned. In addilionlo this. interview and documel1l analysis lI'ere made to
coileci Ihe necess(fl), injiJrmaliol1. The reSt/lis obtailled Ivere analy::ed by using descriplive
slalislicaltools such asji-eqllency counts. percenlages, weighted II/eans. und chi-squire lesl. 711e
jinding of Ihe study revealed thai the status of bene/iciaries· participation in ctc project
implemenlalion of Ihe project area is high. It also revealed that beneficiaries believed that the
impaci of the projeci on Ihe education of children is '-high " it is also revealed that the
monitoring and evailialion aclivities were low. Regarding Ihe in/luenc ingfaclors. Ihe ctc projecl
implemenlationwasfound to be lack (jfresollrces: lack ofsufficiel1ltraining and lack O[slll'l)ort
ji-OIl7 other departments. have been identified as a major/c/cton allecting the etc projeel sllccess
in Eastern zone of Tigray. Lack of availability (jf long term ./imd: parents dependency on child
labor: insulficienl leaching and learning malerials: lack af incentives ./01' teachers und
facilitators: lack ofaclive communicalion: poor planning and lI1anagement; were ./illlnd to be the
lI1()/or challenges thai encollntered Ihe ctc projeci. From this/inding it was concilided that the
implemenlulion process of Ihe etc projeci 1\'as going ' I'ell in Easlern Tigray. monitoring and
evaluation activities were no/well planed. most of/he challenges were economic constraints and
that these problem.,· might aifect the effectiveness and slIstainability of Ihe etc project. Fa
alleviate the above problems, the researcher recoll1mended fhar promoting cOlJl1J11ll1ily (fll'arCI1CSS
about the importonce o/Ihe projec/: porlieipalOl), monitoring and evaluation: incentive schell/ CI·
for young fae ililators: slIstainability strategy should be developed: mobili:in)!, comllllll1ity
IowaI'd,· financing Ihe projeci and should Ivark effectively with stakeholders in provision
sufficienl leaching and learning malerials. Finally, Ihe practices of etc approach should be
inlrociuced to curriculum of teacher Iraining inslitutions in order to enhance this innovalil'e
educalional idea and practice
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Education