1. Our Small Group ( Tutorial Class For A Change ) June,2011

2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Misgana Church Child Development Project (MCDDP)

3.  Misgana Church Child Development Project (MCCDP) - Works in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. - A community and faith based project. - Provide holistic Educational, Psycho-social and physical support for 250 orphan and vulnerable children. Back Ground Information

4.  OUR SMALL GROUP - Comprised of 4 males volunteers -Targets to provide tutorial class for 8 th grade students in MCCDP. - Members have relevant educational backgrounds. Back Ground Info contd…

5. PROJECT RATIONALE WHY ETHIOPIA?

6.  Why Ethiopia? Because…. - A third world country with poor educational infrastructure and system. - Teacher to student ratio is 1:90, average number of students in one classroom is 62. hence students didn’t get appropriate follow up from their teachers. Project Rationale

7. PROJECT RATIONALE WHY OVC’S?

8.  Why Orphan and Vulnerable Children(OVC)? We select OVC’s for our project because… - more than half million OVC’s found in Addis Ababa only. - Almost all of these children show poor performance in their schooling and/or drop. - Most of these kids don’t have adults to monitor or to help them in their studies. - Older OVC’s look after their younger siblings in every aspects as a result don’t have time to study. Project Rationale contd…

9. PROJECT RATIONALE WHY 8 TH GRADE STUDENTS?

10.  Why 8 th Grade Students? We select 8 th grade students because…. - We want to start, do and assess our tutorial project in a few specific group of students. - 8 th grade students have a national examination that enables them to transfer to high school, hence need help. - The examination date (May 29, 2011) perfectly corresponds to CMST course time frame. Project Rationale Contd…..

11. PROCESS, STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION.

12.  Introduction and Assessment Participatory approach - An assigned member of our group introduced the idea of our project to MCCDP project workers and kids. - Nine 8 th grade students found and were willing to attend the tutorial class. Process, Strategies and Implementation

13.  Introduction and Assessment Participatory Approach cont... - Together with students an initial assessment is done to select the effective method of tutorial. - The discussion with students also indicate the priority subjects for tutorial. - Mathematics, English, Chemistry, Physics and Biology. Process, Strategies and Implementation…

14.  Implementation of the Project The tutorial class doesn’t follow the traditional way of teaching. Instead we used two methods -One – to – One study Approach. - Questions and answers.. Process, Strategies and Implementation cont….

15.  One to One Approach - Members help students in their study on one to one basis. - This helps to effectively help students in their specific area of difficulty. - This approach also make students to help each other. better students help those who need help. Process, Strategies and Implementation

16.  Question and Answer Approach - Our group used questions from text books and previous years national examination as the main tool to provide the tutorial class. - This approach helps students to identify what type of questions are expected in the national examination. Process, Strategies and Implementation.

17.  Psycho – Social Support - At the final week of the tutorial class students are counseled and motivated so that they can be psychologically ready for their examination Process, Strategies and Implementation.

18.  Time Frame of tutorial class - Members carried out the tutorial class 2 times a week (for 3 hours) for 3 weeks. - Tutorial class are provided in English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Biology subjects. Process, Strategies and Implementation...

19. OUTCOMES AND FEEDBACKS

20. -The students had their final national examination on May 29, 2011. - More than 88 percent of the students said the tutorial class was very helpful. They said they encountered similar type of questions in the examination. - All students said the counseling and encouragement was very significant for them. Outcomes and Feedbacks

21. FUTURE DIRECTIONS

22. -Our small group will continue to work with MCCDP to provide tutorial classes in the future. - We planned to add more volunteers to provide the tutorial class. -We agreed to start early next year and to incorporate other grades too. Future Directions