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The Data Analysist will be responsible for :
The Longitudinal Dropout Study aims at exploring the factors and reasons behind children’s school dropout in primary schools in Mozambique, with a special focus on girls. The pilot phase of the study was conducted in 2017 in Zambezia Province, and in 2018 the data collection has been scaled-up to all provinces of Mozambique. The methodological approach foresees the combination of both quantitative and qualitative components to understand and explore the reasons behind dropout in a more holistic way. To this effect, the research covers a total of 60 random selected public primary schools in which approximately 5,400 children were randomly selected from different grades. The unit of analysis is the list of enrolled children in selected grades at the beginning of the school year and their attendance was regularly assessed during data collection, at the end of school year. This allows the research to monitor children that are still in the school system as well as children temporally or permanently dropping out of school, understanding causes and implications, and what keeps some children with similar backgrounds in school (positive deviants).
Despite children are not directly surveyed, information about children is collected by different actors surrounding children’s lives such as their families, school directors and teachers, as well as community leaders; and information will be triangulated in the analysis. This research will thus investigate the main existing hypotheses on the causes of drop-out and absenteeism in primary education along four different domains of variable: the child, his/her family, the school and the community/environment. Same children will be tracked for a period of at least three years (pending on funding), at the end of the school year (third trimester).
Data collection comprised four main components, namely the i. School surveyaiming at gathering information on school, director, teachers, classes and selected children characteristics; additionally, children, teachers and directors’ attendance was frequently monitored during fieldwork with the objective of identifying and understanding the patterns of absenteeism, re-entry and drop out; ii. Household survey: selected children’s households were tracked and interviewed to gather information around target children and family characteristics, including family relation with the school; iii. Community survey:community leaders participated to the study as they are the most knowledgeable persons in the community who can provide relevant information on the characteristics of the community where selected children live; iv. Qualitative interviews (to be conducted in 2019): individual interviews with the local government at district level will be conducted to explore its perceptions on school dropout and its involvement in fostering school retention. Additionally, focus group discussion will be carried out with school and community members to have a deeper insight into the patterns and reasons for children to drop out of school.
Data collection for the quantitative component was conducted by the implementing partner, Universade Pedagogica (UP) with resort of university students and professors. UP will also be involved in the analysis of data and final report writing. While the qualitative component is expected to be carried out early next year.
The Data Analyst will be responsible for contributing to the analysis and drafting of the final report. Specifically, she/he will:
Payments will be processed upon acceptance of the corresponding deliverable and against an invoice that will refer to the contract reference and deliverable number. Payments will be approved by the respective section chief.
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Annex 3 – ToR_Data Analyist Dropout Study_11.11.2018 v1.docx
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