Thesis subject
Evaluation Courses Organic Farming in the Mpongwe district 2013-2020
From 2013-2020 GKMT has offered various courses in Organic farming to small scale farmers and young people in the Mpongwe district. Part-time and full time courses. To this end, GKMT has drawn up various documents and has collected evaluation data at various moments in the training process. These data require an objective analysis and interpretation in order to arrive at an integral report.
Objectives of this assignment:
•To provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of the courses, their alignment with the plans and curriculum.
•To get insights in the perceptions of the participants about the impact of the courses on individual level, family level, community level and district level.
Background
‘Geef de kinderen van Mpongwe een toekomst’ (GKMT) is a Dutch NGO with a Zambian counterpart named GCMF, which is the English abbreviation of the same name.
Through its activities, GKMT and GCMF strive to contribute to poverty reduction, sustainable development and the creation of development opportunities in the Mpongwe district.
GCMF in cooperation with GKMT have offered various training in Organic farming and general Agriculture to small scale farmers and young people in the Mpongwe district.
Literature - list of documents as starting material for the students.
•Project plan
•Strategic plan
•Curriculum organic farming
•Data 0 measure; formative evaluation; summative evaluations
•Evaluation report
•Data semi structured questionnaire
•Record Data individual interviews
•Data and records focus group interview
•Data field validation
Relevant expertise:
•Data analyses skill to analyze and interpretate data from different sources. This includes both quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques.
•Research Methodology skills to understand research methodologies and familiarity with various research methods, such as surveys, interviews, focus groups, field validation and evaluations
•Critical thinking skills to evaluate the quality and reliability of data from multiple sources.
•Data Management skills to organize and handle data from different sources: data cleaning, structuring, coding, and ensuring data integrity and accuracy throughout the analysis process.
•Communication skills, necessary to convey the integrated findings in a clear and concise manner.
•Problem solving skills to tackle challenges that may arise during the process of combining data.
•Knowledge of Organic Farming
•Collaboration skills when working with multidisciplinary teams or involved stakeholders
•Software skills