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Enrolment (Cohort I) Findings Recap

Grantee Gazette Series

Volume 2 • November 2018

JOBA is the skills for employment programme funded by the UK Government. We contribute to a more robust labour market in Mozambique through a better prepared workforce, ready for Mozambique’s evolving economy. We do this by: 1) delivering skills development opportunities which are relevant and high quality; 2) building voice, accountability and capacity; 3) supporting capacity to drive quality improvements in the sector.

This volume of the grantee gazette reviews some of the key findings from Cohort I enrolment, both from Coffey & JOBA’s Form 1. This volume highlights some of the discussion points from Day 2 of the grantee workshop around gender, age, poverty, and data collection planning.

We’ve also included some follow-up questions to the grantees on the findings from Cohort I enrolment data.

Please participate in responding to these questions, and we are happy to share your thoughts and ideas in the upcoming Gazettes and other communications.

Grantees, check for the green boxes and the collaboration symbol for questions back to you!

All grantees joined JOBA, and colleagues from Coffey, in Beira for a Grantee Workshop. Day 2 of the workshop reviewed the findings of the program’s first round of data collection (enrolement), leading to discussions about how our measurement tools can help inform improvements in the recruitment, training, and support of trainees and grantees.

What is ‘impact’?

What is the plan for data collection by Coffey?

How is Coffey Measuring Impact?

IC

Measured difference

=IMPACT

I

C

Coffey International is serving as JOBA’s independent evaluator. Coffey International is a group of experts in engineering, geotechnical environment, testing, and project management services.

BASELINE (Employment 12 months prior to TVETcourse)

ENDLINE(Employment 12 months after course completion)

I INTERVENTION GROUP: JOBA course (GRANTEES)

C COMPARISON GROUP: Non-JOBA courses

Key Findings from JOBA Baseline (Form 1) Figure 1. Grantee Snapshot, Enrolment & Training Sector Coverage

Cohort I is just the beginning. JOBA would like to reflect on the issues of gender, poverty, training, and courses in an effort to positively influence future cohort enrolment.

The table to the right (Figure 1), shows the sectors of training courses amongst grantees. Qualification levels vary amongst the grantees (TVET providers) allowing for more students at varying technical levels to access TVET courses.

Grantees are making progress towards their enrolment targets, but we still have a long way to go.

Note. FUNDE has a total of 139 students, split between the Nampula and Tete campuses.

Grantees, how can JOBA better support you in making sure you’re able to recruit and retain your target number of students?

MISSION EDUCATE

FUNDE TETE

FUNDE NAMPULA

NACUXA

YOUNG AFRICA

MEZOPE

3, 4, 5

3, 4, 5

3, 4, 5

3, 4, 5

QUALIFICATION LEVEL

3, 4, 5

1, 2

SECTORS

AgricultureConstruction Farming Hospitality

BELULULANE INDUSTRIAL PARK

FUNDE TETECourse length 3 yrsTarget Enrollment

486139In Total

76

FUNDE NAMPULACourse length 3 yrs

Target Enrollment

486139In Total

63

Course length 3 moTarget Enrollment

MEZOPE

112590 (In total: 164)

Course length 2+ yrsTarget Enrollment

570200MISSION EDUCATE

Course length 6-12 moTarget Enrollment

1,146243YOUNG AFRICA

Course length 2+ yrsTarget Enrollment

112574NACUXA

Figure 2. JOBA Beneficiary /Student Snapshot, By Gender & Age

XXTotal Enrolled

KEY

Age, by Gender *

*Same key as above

Total Enrolled:

WOMEN MEN

397

Total Number of Students: 867

470

Training Sector

Construction

Agriculture

Farming

Hospitality

22%

43%

22%

13%

49%

26%

17%

8%

<18 years

18-24 years

25-44 years

44-59 years

60+ years

66%

7%

20%

7%<1%

9%

<1%

78%

12%

Women Men 28 35

71%

11%

18%

60%

17%

23%

91 Women Men

109

76%

5%

19%

81%

7%

12%

MEZOPE90

Women

16%

52%

2%

30%

113 Women Men

180

88%

11%

2%

82%

8%

9%<1%

28Women Men

48

71%

14%

14%

60%

33%

6%

31 Women Men

43

83%

17%

84%

16%

Most student are youth (73% of women are 24 or younger; 87% of men are 24 or younger). A greater proportion of men train in the construction sector, which based on the distribution of sectors in Figure 1, may explain why there are presently more male students actively enrolled in JOBA.

There are slightly more male students than female students.

A majority of JOBA students are 24 years of age or below.

3 NIASSA

59MANICA

2GAZA

69 TETE

3 MAPUTO

4 MAPUTO (CITY)

2 INHAMBANE

5 CABO DELGADO

57 ZAMBEZIA

439 SOFALA

226 NAMPULA

Total Number of Students: 867

Figure 3. JOBA Beneficiary /Student Snapshot, Geographic Origin

Most students are from Central and Northern Mozambique.

Where are JOBA students from?

Enrollment of rural students poses a number of challenges for grantees and students, including reliable transport, accommodation, social barriers and lower baseline education levels. Grantees have actively worked to lower these barriers, resulting in 40% of students reporting coming from a ‘rural’ household.

Reaching Rural Students

A majority of students report their ‘home’ or origin in central and northern Mozambique, which corresponds to the grantee’s distribution.

Grantees, what strategies have worked best to recruit and support rural students?

Significantly more women, notably older women (24-59 years), are entering courses without any formal education. Mezope in particular is targeting mothers of all ages. A majority of young students aged 18-24 have finished Secondary II (grade 10 equivalent), which is a good starting place for most of the training courses. An additional 7% of men are entering courses with a medio certification compared to women.

A majority of students achieved Secondary I or II prior to enrolling in a TVET training course.

Highest education level achieved

Total enrollment

WOMEN MEN

ADOLESCENT

< 18 years 18-24 years 24-44 years 45-59 years 60+ years

YOUTH YOUNG ADULT ADULT SENIOR

400 70 478 626 137 26 1

EPI I

EPI II

Secondary I

Secondary II

Basic Technical Certificate

MedioCertificate

None14%

8%

5%

27%

41%

1%5%

7%

3%

12%

35%

42%

0%0%3%

19%

6%

1%

46%

26%

23%

77%

100%

13%

20%

4%

12%

12%

39%

1%

5%

12%1%

57%

23%

1%

Figure 4. JOBA Beneficiary /Student Snapshot, Previous Education

Figure 5. JOBA Beneficiary /Student Snapshot, Previous Reported Income (in the past 1 month)

NOTHING

0-500MZN

501-1500MZN

1501-3000MZN

3001-4500MZN

4501-6000MZN6000+MZN

4%

2%

<1%

47%

28%

16%

Nearly half of the students reported no income in the month previous to beginning the TVET training course.

Poverty is one of the key barriers to Mozambicans accessing TVET courses and services. The cost of technical or vocational training is very high, particularly in the private sector, but can be a monumental opportunity for students to gain meaningful, long-term and well-paid employment (self or formal).Grantees have done a great job of supporting poor students through the use of scholarships for accommodation, tuition fees, meals and transport. In the next phase of data collection we’d like to understand in more depth the impact and selection criteria for scholarships.

Reaching Poor Students

Grantees, what do you think the most beneficial types of scholarship aid is to support poor students?

Total Enrolled:

WOMEN MEN

397

67% 39%

470

Complete: 41%

Partial: 59%

% received scholarships:

Type of scholarship

Who covered the remaining costs?

Of those who received scholarships

0%-25%

25%-50%

50%-75%

Complete: 29%

Partial: 71%

Family

NGO

Other

Total Enrolled

GenderKEY

% received scholarships:

MISSION EDUCATE

91 64%

Women Men

63% 109

FUNDE NAMPULA

31 96%

Women Men

71% 43

No Scholarships*NACUXA

31 Women Men

43

YOUNG AFRICA

11359%

Women Men

28% 180

FUNDE TETE

2899%

Women Men

98% 48

OTHER GRANTEES

BELULULANEMEZOPE

90100%

Women

Figure 6. JOBA Beneficiary /Student Scholarship Recipients, By Gender

More women received scholarship assistance, however, of those students receiving a scholarship, more men received complete assistance/aid compared to women. Partial scholarship support was mainly 25-50% of course costs.

While more scholarships are awarded to female students, more male students reported full scholarship support compared to female students.

Grantees, are there some strategies we can share with one another about selecting which students receive full scholarship support? Arguably the student’s age, gender, ability to pay, and geography should all be considered?

Coffey Scoping for PLAN for Baseline II (Nauxca (Mezope) , Young Africa, BIP) Coffey Baseline II for Nacuxa (Mezope trainees only), Young Africa (6-month trainees only) and BIP(Baseline II will include a survey, qualitative assessments)

2019

2018

JOBA Tracer Survey for YOUNG AFRICA GRADUATES (COHORT I)

JOBA Form I for FUNDE NAMPULA & TETE , Cohort IIJOBA: Qualitative Study with students & trainers

JOBA Form II Young Africa, Cohort IIJOBA: Qualitative Study with students & trainers

JOBA Form II Level Completion FUNDE NAMPULA & TETE, MISSION EDUCATE

JOBA Form I, Young Africa, Cohort III

JOBA Form I for MISSION EDUCATE, Cohort IIJOBA: Qualitative Study with students & trainers

FUNDE NAMPULA/TETE

MISSION EDUCATE

Tentative dates for tracer surveys for Young Africa 1 year course (to follow students included in baseline 1) and Nacuxa (1 year specialization).

YOUNG AFRICA, Courses Begin

YOUNG AFRICA, Courses Ends, Cohort II (6 months)

YOUNG AFRICA, Courses Begins, Cohort III

YOUNG AFRICA, Courses Ends, Cohort III (6 months); Cohort II (1-year progam)

Course Begins for Cohort II

Course Begins for Cohort II

FUNDE TETE & NAMPULAForm 2 Training & Collection

Planning of data collection & field visits by Coffey & JOBA

Grantee Course Schedules

BIP & NACUXAForm 2 Training & Collection

JANUARY 21, 2019

MARCH

JUNE

JULY

FEB

SEPTEMBERNOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY 14, 2019

JUNE 28, 2019

JUNE 1, 2019

DECEMBER 20, 2019

MARCH 12, 2019

FEB 15, 2019

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018

DECEMBER 2018

Coffey Tracer Survey (phone interviews) NACUXA GRADUATES (COHORT I)

JOBA Form II Young Africa, Cohort III

Note: BIP hasOngoing enrolment (cumulative)

URGENT GAPS

JANUARY 2019?MEZOPE, Courses BeginNACUXA, Courses Begins Cohort II

JOBA is trying to better plan and align our data collection with Coffey, and with the grantee course schedule. We would like to ease the burden of data collection and field visits to grantees. In our effort to do that, the more information we have about each grantees course dates the better we can plan.

Safeguarding: Policies, Resources & Lessons Learned

Next in the Series:

In December 7, 2018