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Results for Youth: Afghanistan

Results for Youth: Afghanistan. Proposal to. A ndrea Glaube r I rina Majumdar M ichael Bouvet. Catalina and Jackson Cojocaru Foundation. Background. Millennium Development Goal #2: Achieve universal primary education by 2015. Implementing Organization.

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Results for Youth: Afghanistan

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  1. Results for Youth: Afghanistan Proposal to Andrea Glauber Irina Majumdar Michael Bouvet Catalina and Jackson Cojocaru Foundation

  2. Background • Millennium Development Goal #2: • Achieve universal primary education by 2015

  3. Implementing Organization • Mission: Established in 2000, the AIM Initiative is an international education consulting organization focused on: • Increasing access to education throughout the developing world • Advising on best scholastic practices • Improving the quality of educational outcomes • AIM has previously worked in partnership with USAID, the World Food Programme, and Afghanaid to increase access to education in post-conflict situations in Afghanistan

  4. Problem: Kapisa Province • Afghanistan predicted not to meet universal education MDG by 2020 • School attendance: • Boys: 55% • Girls: 25.8% • In 2011, nearly 16,000 male students and 6,000 female students were permanently absent. • Large and persistent gender gap • Root causes: decades of war, widespread poverty, and conservative opposition

  5. Needs: Kapisa Province

  6. Project Objectives

  7. Project Initiatives

  8. Conditional Cash Transfers • Objective: Increase student attendance by meeting the economic needs of the community and reducing financial burdens on families • Modeled on World Bank program in Cambodia • Incentive: Cash scholarships for families who send their children to school • Phase 1:Introduce concept of CCTs at PTSA meetings • Phase 2:Implement CCTs among poorest 1/3 of population • Phase 3:Monitoring, evaluation, and reformation

  9. Female Teacher Training • Objective: Increase girls’ attendance by increasingthe number of female teachers in Kapisa • Partnership with Ministry of Education: guaranteed employment after graduation • 1year-long teacher training college • Incentive: Travel/meal stipend paid to participants • Phase 1:Educate members of the community about the benefits of program • Phase 2a:Reach out to youths to create pre-FTT program • Phase 2b: Enroll females in higher education in the program • Phase 3:Monitoring, evaluation, and reformation

  10. Parent Teacher Student Associations • Objective:Foster a norm of inter-community dialogue by establishing local PTSAs to provide a forum for citizens to discuss educational obstacles and solutions • Ensure that stakeholders will be present throughout all aspects of project implementation • Incentive:Community members will be empowered and incentivized to continue hosting PTSAs after project termination • Phase 1:Gain access to and respect of communities • Phase 2:Establish monthly PTSAs • Phase 3:Monitoring, evaluation, and reformation

  11. Thank you.

  12. References • Ayari, Farida. “Afghan Female Literacy Centres bring knowledge and new priorities to remote areas.” UNICEF. 2010. November 12, 2012. • Bradbury, Jen. “Girls’ Education in Afghanistan.” UNICEF. 2012. November 11, 2012. • Donker, Peter. “The Importance of a Good Basic Education.” Teachers First. 2005. November 11, 2012. Web. • Filmer, Deon and Norbert Schady. “Getting Girls into School: Evidence from a Scholarship Program in Cambodia.” The World Bank. 2008. November 12, 2012. Web. • Government of Afghanistan. “Reports.” Ministry of Education. 2012. November 12, 2012. Web. • Save the Children. “Afghanistan in Transition: Putting Children at the Heart of Development.” Save the Children. 2011. November 12, 2012. Web. • United Nations Development Programme. “Achieve Universal Primary Education.” UN Millennium Development Goals. 2007. November 11, 2012. Web. • United Nations Development Programme. “Afghanistan Human Development Report.” UN Human Development Reports. 2004. November 11, 2012. Web.

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