1 / 20

Moshal Scholarship Program - Selection

Moshal Scholarship Program - Selection. REAP 2019. 2019/2020. Background. Founded by Martin Moshal in 2009 in Israel Registered charity in Gibraltar, overseen from London Operates in South Africa, Israel and the Ukraine Our Vision

dorothyrodriguez
Download Presentation

Moshal Scholarship Program - Selection

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Moshal Scholarship Program - Selection REAP 2019 2019/2020

  2. Background • Founded by Martin Moshal in 2009 in Israel • Registered charity in Gibraltar, overseen from London • Operates in South Africa, Israel and the Ukraine Our Vision Moshal Scholars using their university education and values to make a major difference to their lives and the lives of their families, their communities and the wider world.

  3. Our Purpose • To enable determined and resilient students from challenging backgrounds to obtain sought-after university degrees, that lead to successful and fulfilling professional careers and lives. • To develop a range of essential business skills and values in our Moshal Scholars that support their evolution into resilient, responsible and respected people and professionals. • 470 Students 270 Alumni • 9 Institutions

  4. Strategy

  5. Selection Goals 2018/19: KPI’s • (Select students with extreme financial need) • Reduce the drop out rate from 12% to 8% • Support students to complete their degree on time (National Average) • Assist students to get well-paid jobs, within 3 months of graduation Pay It Forward Professional Success University Success

  6. Selection Goals 2018/19 Southern Hemisphere Research in 2017 highlighted that recent SA cohorts struggled academically and needed additional support • RECOMMENDED to increase ROI: • Select for Academic potential and foundations • Select Students who show resilience 2018 GOAL: Improve Selection in order to ultimately attain KPI’s more strategically Pay It Forward Professional Success University Success

  7. Selection Goals 2018: CONTEXT ACADEMIC FOUNDATIONS • South Africa’s National Senior Certificate was found to be poor indicator of ultimate performance in e.g. Maths: Decision taken to use NBT’s instead • Academic Literacy • Quantitative Literacy • Maths • Co-ordinator’s experience suggested NB to target career maturity to prevent wrong degree choices (BIG cost factor) • Moshal to leverage off NSFAS (top up), to grow the program in other ways in SA so larger numbers of students can be accepted onto the program (quality over quantity) • Academic results simply help us to choose suitable pathways for new students Sub-domains show exactly where weak areas lie Pay It Forward Professional Success University Success

  8. Measurement and Evaluation ASSUMPTIONS: Research, planning, psychological testing, observation and interviews will source resilient young people with sufficient academic foundations, as well as being fitted to Moshal SA. Moshal will source students from low income families KPI 1 M & E • June results • November results • Dropout rates Lower Dropout Rates KPI 2 Higher Percentage of students will graduate on time KPI 3 Compare to 2016 and 2017 Professional Success Pay It Forward University Success Community Building

  9. 2018 Selection Process

  10. MODEL OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS ACADEMIC APTITUDE Social and emotional skills to assist adjustment Academic readiness for tertiary education FUTURE DRIVE CAREER CLARITY Alignment of interests and career choice “Go-getter” attitude, tenacity, learning and growth orientation SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT

  11. HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT Interpersonal and Personal (Emotional, values) FORMAL INTERVIEW INFORMAL OBSERVATION PSYCHOMETRICS Aptitude, problem solving, career Team Activities NGO identification & Application Forms

  12. Selection Process 2018/19 • FIVE Camps held across SA (two nights and three days): September 2018 • 500 Applicants • 280 shortlisted to camps • 120 finally chosen (100 + 20) Professional Success Pay It Forward University Success Community Building

  13. Key Lessons Learned

  14. Lessons Learned 2018 • Camps are comprehensive but very high cost (3:1 Ratio) • Career Guidance was very important for learners • Large groups not ideal – 2019 = 60 maximum per camp • Use of Moshal Scholars and Alumni (helpers on camp) KEY to success (Language) • Timing - 20 additional students taken at UP and UJ (and one from NMU) after camps so may skew data. • We can now trust our Selection when looking at our 2019/2020 cohort – the testing (NBT) does help to show success and failure (in the short term at least) Professional Success Pay It Forward University Success Community Building

  15. Plans for 2020

  16. Plans for 2020 • Reduce costs per student (simplify tests, more Moshal facilitation) • Max 60 learners per weekend x 6 weekends • Observation and group activities re-defined by team • Moshal staff to run camps • Extend due date for applications (12 August 2019) and establish later camp dates (end Sept 2019) to prevent having to consider later applications • Include Brainwaves again for Career Guidance • Ensure initial candidate numbers are high to provide enough quality candidates after assessments Professional Success Pay It Forward University Success Community Building

  17. Reflection on the Process2 Case Studies

  18. Case Study 1: UKZN • 113 Applications received • 63 rejected (academically weak/degree not funded – NGOs) • 37 reviewed as 1+ • 13 reviewed as 1 • 50 scholars invited to camp and 46 attended • Following Camp: /46: • 17 reviewed as 1+ • 11 reviewed as 1 • 18 reviewed as 0 • Out of 28 1+ and 1: • Only 3 accepted to Moshal KZN • 8 accepted other Moshal Funded uni’s • 1 fell pregnant • 1 chose other degree; 1 income too high • 14 Grade 12 results too low 113 Applications Only 3 selected for Moshal UKZN Professional Success Pay It Forward University Success Community Building

  19. Case Study 2: NMU Case Study Beng Mechatronics NMU 1st year • Grade 12 • Xhosa 81 • English: 67 • Maths: 82 • CAT: 75 • Physical Science: 78 • Life Science: 65 • DAT: • English poor (like many students) • Spatial Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Abilities and Non-verbal Reasoning all within age-appropriate range • CNT: • 4 (strategic thinker – should be good in novel situations and a good problem solver) • 1st Test Results • Engineering Drawings: • Test 1: 58% • Test 2: 82% • Maths: Test 1: 63% • Computing Fundamentals: Test 1: 28% • NBT • Academic Litercy (AL): 55 (Intermediate Upper) • Quantitative Literacy (QL): 49 (Intermediate Lower) • Maths: 50 (Intermediate Lower) Professional Success Pay It Forward University Success Community Building

  20. Thank you

More Related