This month,
our visits were done in 10 schools, with the help of 6 volunteers who
came in
to assist with the administration of the Baseline Questionnaire. Initially we
had planned for 12 schools but due to some unforeseen circumstances we could
not do 2 schools. We did recruitments of new members into the club in most
schools. Similarly, we did selections for the girls who will come for the Training
of Trainers Workshop on the Goal Curriculum and the Digital Story Telling slotted for April 2013. We
selected 2-4 girls per school for this exercise basing our number of selection
on the number of girls to be trained per school. We had to do some schools
twice because of the page that was missing from the questionnaire. The Baseline
Questionnaire was self administered.
Our visits began on the 15th-26th
March 2013. The schools we visited were as follows
NAZARENE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Here, the questionnaire was done by 50 girls.
We recruited 41 new girls and selected 2 members to participate in the Training
of Trainers workshop we have scheduled to commence on the 16th April
2013. Many girls has problems in doing the questionnaire, but our
administrators made sure they girls were well catered for in terms of clearer
explanations.
HOLY UNITY
PRIMARY SCHOOL
20 Members
did the questionnaire, there were 00 new recruits and 2 members were selected
to participate in the ToT workshop next month. Most girls did not understand
the questions in the questionnaire, but we did our best to explain it to them
in terms they understood easily.
MALEZI HIGH
SCHOOL
We had 15
girls fill the questionnaire, 11 current recruits and 2 selected for the ToT.
The girls
filled the questionnaire well with no challenges reported by the administrator.
NAIROBI DAY SCHOOL
The current
number of recruits is 27, 30 girls filled the questionnaire and 2 selected for
the ToT. The questionnaire was filled with ease, only minimal complains were
reported.
Some
MAONO
EDUCATIONAL CENTRE
We were not
able to issue the questionnaire here owing to the fact that the school withdrew
from our programme without notice. Our administrators were not allowed to see
the girls either. The patron gave a reason for this, saying that most of our
programmes clash with theirs thus making it difficult for them to take part in
any of our activities.
OLYMPIC HIGH
SCHOOL
We visited
this school twice, the girls who filled the questionnaire on the first round
were 19 , and the second lot was 6. This was because the some of the girls had
gone for a football match on the very day we did our first visit. No recruits
were made here, and 4 girls were selected to participate in the workshop.
e) MUSLIM
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL
We were
unable to meet the girls because the patron was busy with other
responsibilities. We made plans for another visit but we could not go because
the patron was away from school for
medical purposes. Thus, the questionnaire was not done and so was the recruitments.
f) MALEZI
PRIMARY SCHOOL
No recruitments were done here, but the
questionnaire was issued and filled with 12 girls. 2 girls were selected to
take part in the ToT. The girls did not have any problems doing the
questionnaire as our administrators explained it to them in simpler terms
making it easy for them to answer the questions.
g) PARKLANDS
ARYA GIRLS
The visit
was not fruitful as our administrators were unable to meet the girls due to
poor timing. However, we rescheduled for another day, and still we were not
able to meet the girls. Their patron gave a reason why, saying the girls has
attended another school function so the turnout would be low. She therefore
suggested that we plan for another visit next term because the remaining days
of the term the girls are having examinations.
h) LANG’ATA
BARRACKS HIGH SCHOOL
No recruits
were done in this school. 12 girls however did the questionnaire and 3 girls
were chosen to participate in the ToT. There was no challenge in the
administration of the questionnaire reported.
KAREN C’
SECONDARY SCHOOL
This school
had a total of 16 girls who all did the questionnaire. No recruits have been
made yet, but they will notify us once they have the new members. 4 girls were
chosen tom take part in the ToT Training. The administering of the
questionnaire was successful, without any mishaps.
j) HURUMA
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL
Recruitments
made here were 4, the questionnaire was done by 15 girls and 3 were selected to
take part in the ToT Training. The patron was not in school on the day we
visited, but we were able to have a session with the girls.
We faced
some challenges in some schools while doing the visits and administering the
baseline questionnaire. They were:
Misinterpretation
of the questionnaire by some girls
Language
barrier where some found the language very difficult to understand. For such
cases, we explained the questionnaire in simpler terms that they could easily
understand.
Some girls
took too much time answering the questionnaire
RECOMMENDATIONS
Use of
simpler and clear language
Questions should be more open and precise
Avoid
leading questions
The
questions should be shorter as the students complained that the questions were
many
CONCLUSIONS
All
exercised planned during the visits were accomplished with ease.
Most of the
girls understood the questionnaire well and correctly completed it
The number
of recruitments made was satisfactory
We were
received well in all schools
The girls,
the patrons and also the various school administrations were very cooperative all
through
