Endline Report – ICT Enabled Education Empowering Schools For Improved learning Outcomes
Client: Save the Children
Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Sectors: Education
Practice: Monitoring and Evaluation
Dates Of Service: 2018-2019
Zivanta Services: Endline Assessment and Evaluation
Zivanta Contact: Debarati Mukherjee
Status: Completed
Background
Considering the fact that ICT has the potential to improve the learning outcomes in schools, Save the Children with support from Avaya, introduced ICT based learning in 10 Zila ParishadSchools in Haveli block, Pune district. The implementation of the project was done in two phases, with the first set of five intervention schools being introduced to ICT based learning in the academic year 2016-17. The remaining five intervention school saw implementation in the academic year 2017-18. The project was implemented over three academic years- 2016-17 to 2018-19. The Endline evaluation was undertaken in the year 2018-2019 to compare the baseline and endline data.
Intervention
The Endline Assessment was conducted to assess the following :
- To assess the academic performance based on e-learning with Subjects of English for class 4th, 5th & 6th, Environmental Science for class 4th & 5th and General Science for class 6th for children in 10 intervention schools and 10 control schools in the same block.
- To assess the improvement in learning level compared with the respective baseline
- To assess the Learning Environment & teaching-learning processes in 10 intervention schools and 10 control schools in the same block
- To assess the level of the community’s participation in School’s management & children’s learning etc. as per SMC’s / Parents requirement.
Services
The endline data was collected to assess the grade-specific learning levels in English (4th,5th and 6th), EVS (4th & 5th) and Science (6th class). The study also highlighted the classroom dynamics, teaching methodology, and the availability of ICT related infrastructure and its use.