Monitoring through Interactive Platform Youth Connect: Leveraging Technology for Young People Date: 10 th Dec Centre for Catalyzing Change (Formerly CEDPA India)

Adolescence Education Program (AEP) Aim: To empower young people with accurate, age appropriate and culturally relevant information To promote healthy attitudes To develop skills to enable them to respond to real life situations in positive and responsible ways

AEP: Tarang Implementation

Tarang: Monitoring State Level: – AE cell at SCERT with a Nodal Officer in-charge – School based monitoring system District Level: – DEO Office – DEO and Nodal Officer School Level: – Principal – School Tarang Activity Reporting – School monitoring visit by Master Trainers and C 3

Tarang: Monitoring Challenges Timely data collection Real real time analysis Timely feedback into the system for corrective measures

Mobile Monitor for Tarang The IVR platform calls the principals on a monthly basis A set of 10 questions on the implementation of the program are posed to the principals Responses – Multiple choices: Press 1 for option-1, Press 2 for option-2 – Number input: typing the required numeric quantity.

Mobile Monitor for Tarang

Results Higher compliance in Activity Report submission

Resources & Sustainability Resources – Outsourced to GramVaani – One-time set up cost: Rs. 50,000 – Cost of monitoring Year 1 : Rs. 28 per school – Monitoring Duration: Monthly for 7 months Sustainability – Cost of monitoring Year 2: Rs. 19 per school Scalability – 22,400 incoming/outgoing calls per day