100% for Børnene and YOTA has applied for a Development intervention (2,6 mio DKK). The intervention will address Critical issues of access to and quality in education that have been escalated by the Covid-19 pandemic have received increased attention and investment, as duty bearers and other stakeholders take action in response to young people’s voices and engagement.
As part of the overall project strategy 'building evidence' is a key outcome (outcome 2). A research based national youth barometer is (smaller) part of the strategy to 'build evidence'. The component is approx. 5-6% of the budget.
Where: Ghana (nationwide)
OUTCOMES:
Outcome 1) Mobilize: Organizing capacity and skills of selected youth-led organisations in Ghana have improved, enabling them to better connect, collaborate and self-organise towards evidence-based advocacy for equitable access to and improvements in quality education;
Outcome 2) Build evidence: Youth-led organisations have produced a collective review and a verdict of the performance of government at local and national levels in addressing the inequalities that hamper young people’s progress in education attainment; and
Outcome 3) Advocate: Youth voices have been amplified in policy spaces thereby influencing local and national policies, programmes and budgets in favor of more equitable and inclusive access to education.
The research/survey component:
A National Youth Barometer on Education and the Future will be conducted
to get a nationwide perspective. It will mark an
important milestone in Ghana’s youth development trajectory as it will constitute a
ground-breaking effort to scientifically survey
youth perspectives on education - how
young people perceive their education and how prepared and confident they feel
of their future. The survey will amplify youth voices to ensure that their
aspirations and concerns are taken into consideration as the government and
development partners seek to adapt Ghana’s education system to new challenges.
Using a mainly quantitative research approach it will
collect and publish high-quality, reliable national data to be disseminated to
policy makers, development partners and the general public. A Youth Barometer
team will be constituted, comprising a Senior Research Fellow and a Research
Associate assisted by 3 youth researchers (at
least two females) recruited from the
Accountability Advocates. The team will lead the design of the research
methodology and the survey instrument and will
host a two-day study design workshop to receive technical contributions from
experts (Finnish Youth Research Society Youth
Barometer in Finland, and the Afrobarometer Research Network. Training sessions
will be held for 50 youth enumerators in sample municipalities on survey methods, sampling protocols and field practice.
Based on a research manual, the methodology will involve face-to-face
interviews with a randomly selected sample (to be decided by the team - could
be 5000 youth respondents across the country). Aside
from the main report, analytical summaries, digital
visualisations, infographics and interactive content will be developed. A media
event will be hosted to outdoor the report and highlight key findings. The
event will have mainstream media houses represented
and will be broadcast on YOTA’s SoMe channels.