TANZANIA: Participatory Action Research: Local causation of primary school drop-outs and exclusions in Kilimanjaro Region (Volume 2)

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[30 August 2007] - This is the second volume of a two-part series which documents the process and learning from Participatory Action Research (PAR) that Mkombozi undertook from 2004 to 2007.

The research was part of Mkombozi’s project “to provide appropriate education for marginalised children”, which had the following objectives: to establish an inexpensive, transparent and user-friendly framework for integrating out-of-school children into the state school system; to strengthen the state school system to identify and assist children who are “at risk” of dropping out; and to achieve acceptance of complementary non-formal education for out-of-school children who cannot be mainstreamed into the state school system.

Volume 1 describes the background of the project and the context of education in Tanzania from the perspectives of policy, the economy, families and educational practice. It also explains the research methodology in detail, and presents the findings from the initial research period in terms of the situation of vulnerable children in the 10 target communities.

Volume 2 is directed at development practitioners who work with communities in Tanzania, and it:

  • revisits PAR as an intervention for transforming communities;
  • describes actions undertaken by schools / communities in response to Volume 1;
  • explores the impacts on schools and communities involved in the research process;
    describes how schools identified as “dysfunctional” changed and the extent to which their student enrolment, retention and performance were impacted;
  • discusses learning that has emerged for Mkombozi as a result of the project, in the hope that those readers who would like to engage in a similar process can benefit from Mkombozi's experience.

Further information

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/2007_research_report_education_v2.pdf

Organisation: 
Mkombozi Centre for Street Children
Attachment Link: 
http://www.crin.org/docs/2007_research_report_education_v2.pdf

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