BELIZE PRESENTATION REGIONAL WORKSHOP OF INNOVATING SECONDARY EDUCATION EXPERIENCES ASSESSMENT PANAMA CITY, JUNE 21-23, 2017

Technical Unit Responsible Leticia Eck: Secondary School Supervision & Support Unit Qualifications: M. Ed. ; B.A in Psychology Yvonne Flowers: Policy, Planning & Research Unit Qualifications: B.A Mathematics Organizational Chart: Minister->CEO->Chief Ed. Officer->Deputy Chief-> Service Areas

Assessments Performed Limited access to assessment of projects in the last 5 yrs. 1. Early School Leavers in Belize: Perspectives on School Experiences, The Purpose of School and Why They Left. - (Bevin Etheridge 2015) 2. Youth Start Plan: Ex-Post Evaluation Final Report (2001) 3. Impact Evaluation of Belize’s Conditional Cash Transfer programme, BOOST ( MOHDSTPA, UNICEF) 4. UNICEF BELIZE Out-of-School Children Initiative (draft, 2017)

Belize Out of School Children Initiative METHODOLOGY: Literature and document review Stakeholder Interviews Existing Data Analysis: Profiles School-Based Interviews Interviews with at-risks/out of school adolescents Draft reports and consultation with stakeholder input

VARIABLES

Financial Resources Relations & Alliances University Research and Evaluation Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture UNICEF MOE Belize

General Considerations How will results be used: Intervention for lower secondary students who have dropped out of school Counselling Public/parent awareness Policies re acceptance, Expulsion Financing

Relevance of assessment: Ministry vested interested in providing quality Ed. for All; Aligned with GSDS, The GSDS is "the nation’s primary planning document ..provides detailed guidance on priorities and specific actions to be taken during the [2016-19] planning period . . . [it] refers to, and should be considered to include, many other sectoral and ministerial planning documents [including BESS] which are to guide development activity during the planning period insofar as they are consistent with the GSDS goals and priorities. . ." Quality Child Friendly School Initiative:

Limitations Refusal to be interviewed: Fear of being punished for not sending their children to School Issues with delay in data collection of respondents Locating students who have dropped out

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