Evaluation of World University Service of Canada’s Remedial Education Program in Dadaab and Kakuma in Kenya

  • R Research Project/Report/Study

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The American Institutes for Research (AIR), the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and its local partner Windle Trust Kenya (WTK), are partnering to rigorously evaluate the impact of the Equity in Education in Refugee Camps in Kenya (EERCK) program. The EERCK program provides remedial education to grades 7 and 8 girls in the refugee camps of Dadaab and Kakuma in Kenya. It targets medium to high achiever girls who might be at risk of dropping out of school because of their vulnerable condition. AIR designed a two-part study to evaluate the impact of the EERCK program on cognitive and noncognitive skills for the 2017 and the 2018 cohort. In Kakuma, AIR is conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT). We randomly assigned 679 eligible girls to the treatment group and 559 eligible girls to the control group. In Dadaab, AIR is conducting a quasi-experimental evaluation that uses a regression discontinuity design to determine the impact of the program. AIR will compare the outcomes from 496 girls who were above the cut off for admittance into the program to 179 comparison girls who were just below the cut off for admittance. We will supplement the quantitative analyses with qualitative methods that include focus group discussions with students, teachers, and parents, key informant interviews, as well as classroom observations. In addition to the evaluation, AIR co-facilitates bootcamps in partnership with UNICEF, UNHCR, and FCDO. During these bootcamps AIR provides monitoring & evaluation training to a wide range of policy makers and practitioners, including representatives from WUSC. The bootcamps contribute to the capacity of WUSC to credibly monitor and evaluate the performance of its program through internal monitoring and evaluation procedures.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2017 -

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition

Cross-cutting areas

  • Emergencies and protracted crises

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls out of school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All out of school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

  • Displaced/refugee - External (from other countries)

Program Approaches Back to Top

Curriculum/learning

  • Remedial education/skills

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased secondary school enrolment

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Mary Kwena
World University Service of Canada (WUSC)
Project Manager
mkwena@wusc.ca