The following graphs are based partly on cohort data in which the same students were tracked earlier from grade one up to grade seven (i.e. the unique student IDs are consistent in grade one to seven), and snapshot data in which students are shown in 2015 and 2016 in grade eight, nine and ten (i.e. data from 2015 is combined with data from 2016 in which unique student IDs are not consistent between grade eight, nine and ten). A year labelled, for instance, as 2015 refers to the academic year 2015/2016.
The following report is based on field visits conducted in early July 2016 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat where the secondary PSIPSE intervention is active. Students, parents, teachers, curriculum designers and supervisors were interviewed and filmed. Some of the photographs and films are included in this report and others will be presented shortly in the Year 2 evaluation, as a comparative between both years.
The report, on the school year 2015-2016, builds on the database provided by Gyan Shala, and the brief narrative reports shared by Gyan Shala with PSIPSE. The Year 1 evaluation was ambitious in scope and encountered some delays due to loss of key staff in both organizations and the need to find new talent, and new ways of working. The database itself provided some challenges to ensure that some codes are more consistent, that some data is collected in a single language and that the database is more readily available for analysis, to minimize the time and effort in cleaning up the layout and being able to generate useful data. As such, we do not anticipate any delay in producing the Year 2 evaluation.
The report aims to present: a balance between quantitative and qualitative analysis, a human focus on the end-users, the students, as well as the various stakeholders’ perspectives in making secondary education a success. The report also aims to highlight Gyan Shala’s capacity to adjust to the multiplicity of challenges encountered in providing quality secondary education, and to begin to reflect on lessons that can be learnt as the program unfolds, with a view to inform a wider policy discourse.
II. Gyan Shala Year 1 Performance
I. Evaluation Parameters
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