QUALITY MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT
Introduction
Education positively impacts making informed decisions and choices in economic and political development. It contrib
implementation of sound economic and social policies by promoting good governance and the evolution of civil socie
natural capacity building. However, in recent times the girls' academic performance in Mathematics and Sciences in na
According to the study, the boys performed better in mathematics and sciences in the KCSE. However, in aggregate, th
better. 43.3% of the girls and 36.5% of the boys who sat for KCSE in 2011 qualified to join public university. The m
for enrolment in science-based courses, while the majority of the girls qualified for enrolment in arts-based classes.
subjects was also high among the boys compared to girls. 32.7% of the girls said that a lack of interest in Mathematics
their poor performances, and 42.6% said the learning environment affected their performances. Lack of teaching ap
performance among 52.5% of the girls. 30.7% of the girls said they lack qualified teachers, while 51.5% criticized the
75.3% of the girls admitted that lack of proper preparation for examinations led to their poor performance, while in
affected the performance of 63.4% of the girls. 51.5% of the girls said that their parents were not entirely concerned abo
UNESCO estimates that one in 10 adolescent girls in Kenya miss school during menstruation and eventually drop ou
related issues. These issues can range from the inaccessibility of affordable sanitary protection to the social stigmas rela
culture of silence that surrounds it. The cost of pure products like undergarments and towels is also beyond the reach
girls, who are the majority of the unemployed and those living in poverty. Most girls end up not going to school becau
sanitary products.
This prompted me to develop a project that would aim to improve girls' performance in Mathematics and Sciences thr
These interventions would answer the following questions:
i. Why do some girls miss classes?
ii. How do parents influence their daughter’s going to school?
iii. What would influence a girl's attitude towards sciences?
iv. How do schools affect girls' presence in school?
These questions are directed towards getting interventions that would address the questions in the way they affect
include issuing sanitary pads as most girls miss school because of shame when they receive their menses as they mostly
reduces their self-esteem, especially when their classmates who do not understand them to laugh at them. This then le
pads. Parents are seen to influence their daughter's lives in the case of their levels of education. With an assumption
likely let their daughters go to school and the ones with little or no education would definitely not. The girls' attitude w
figure out an intervention in which their attitude would be made positive. This attitude is in regards to both the teach
teacher would relatively lead to development of a negative attitude towards Mathematics or a certain Science, eith
teaches or the perception of the girls on him/her. The teacher may be strict or just not likeable to the girls. Schools also
attitude. If the school provides tuition with the girls, then their attitude would improve and with practice definitely thei
be sharpened in no time.
The rest of the body will expound on the data and its analysis, some explanation to the results and comparisons betwee
i.e. data collected before the issuing of sanitary pads and data after issuing of sanitary pads.
Data
The data was collected with regard to the indicators that I came up with from the interventions. The indicators were as w
i. Absenteeism
ii. Self efficacy in schools
iii. The average score of students.
iv. Parents educational levels
v. The mean age of the girls.
vi. Time points.
Introduction
Education positively impacts making informed decisions and choices in economic and political development. It contrib
implementation of sound economic and social policies by promoting good governance and the evolution of civil socie
natural capacity building. However, in recent times the girls' academic performance in Mathematics and Sciences in na
According to the study, the boys performed better in mathematics and sciences in the KCSE. However, in aggregate, th
better. 43.3% of the girls and 36.5% of the boys who sat for KCSE in 2011 qualified to join public university. The m
for enrolment in science-based courses, while the majority of the girls qualified for enrolment in arts-based classes.
subjects was also high among the boys compared to girls. 32.7% of the girls said that a lack of interest in Mathematics
their poor performances, and 42.6% said the learning environment affected their performances. Lack of teaching ap
performance among 52.5% of the girls. 30.7% of the girls said they lack qualified teachers, while 51.5% criticized the
75.3% of the girls admitted that lack of proper preparation for examinations led to their poor performance, while in
affected the performance of 63.4% of the girls. 51.5% of the girls said that their parents were not entirely concerned abo
UNESCO estimates that one in 10 adolescent girls in Kenya miss school during menstruation and eventually drop ou
related issues. These issues can range from the inaccessibility of affordable sanitary protection to the social stigmas rela
culture of silence that surrounds it. The cost of pure products like undergarments and towels is also beyond the reach
girls, who are the majority of the unemployed and those living in poverty. Most girls end up not going to school becau
sanitary products.
This prompted me to develop a project that would aim to improve girls' performance in Mathematics and Sciences thr
These interventions would answer the following questions:
i. Why do some girls miss classes?
ii. How do parents influence their daughter’s going to school?
iii. What would influence a girl's attitude towards sciences?
iv. How do schools affect girls' presence in school?
These questions are directed towards getting interventions that would address the questions in the way they affect
include issuing sanitary pads as most girls miss school because of shame when they receive their menses as they mostly
reduces their self-esteem, especially when their classmates who do not understand them to laugh at them. This then le
pads. Parents are seen to influence their daughter's lives in the case of their levels of education. With an assumption
likely let their daughters go to school and the ones with little or no education would definitely not. The girls' attitude w
figure out an intervention in which their attitude would be made positive. This attitude is in regards to both the teach
teacher would relatively lead to development of a negative attitude towards Mathematics or a certain Science, eith
teaches or the perception of the girls on him/her. The teacher may be strict or just not likeable to the girls. Schools also
attitude. If the school provides tuition with the girls, then their attitude would improve and with practice definitely thei
be sharpened in no time.
The rest of the body will expound on the data and its analysis, some explanation to the results and comparisons betwee
i.e. data collected before the issuing of sanitary pads and data after issuing of sanitary pads.
Data
The data was collected with regard to the indicators that I came up with from the interventions. The indicators were as w
i. Absenteeism
ii. Self efficacy in schools
iii. The average score of students.
iv. Parents educational levels
v. The mean age of the girls.
vi. Time points.
