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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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

5. VARIABLES

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

7. 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

8. 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 [ ] 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:

9. 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

10. Thank You!