Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) is partnering with the Mastercard Foundation to implement the Young Africa Works-Kenya: Youth Employability through Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Young Africa Works in Kenya-TVET) in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE), other relevant Government of Kenya agencies, and the private sector. Young Africa Works in
Kenya-TVET is a 5-year program (2020-2025) that is working through a partner-driven participator approach focusing on developing 26 Centers of Excellence (COEs) as model institutions that will increase the participation of young Kenyans, particularly women, in market-relevant skills training programs to ultimately increase the number of youths in dignified and fulfilling work in the Big Four and digital sectors.
Client
Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan)
Location
22 Counties: Nairobi, Garissa, Turkana, Baringo, Bomet, Nakuru, Narok, Bungoma, Uasin Gishu, Trans Nzoia, Vihiga, Kakamega, Siaya, Kisumu, Homa Bay, Kisii, Nyandarua, Nyeri, Meru, Kilifi, Taita Taveta & Mombasa
Actual services provided for Young Africa Works-Kenya
- Recruited competent research assistants to support data collection.
- Conducted the training of research assistants, in Nairobi with support from CICan.
- Managed all aspects of data collection and data cleaning with oversight from CICan
- Adhered to survey procedures and quality standards.
- Prepared preliminary survey reports – on number of respondents reached disaggregated
- Implemented the designed sampling methodology and substitution protocol with the approval of the CICan Team.
- Implemented checks and controls designed in conjunction with the CICan team to ensure the quality of the information being collected during the survey’s implementation and a protocol for recollecting the data, if necessary, when errors for a questionnaire reach a certain threshold.
- Ensured that contact data are maintained and stored in a manner that is fully confidential so that no external individual or institution can identify any specific individual in the data. Names and contact information were only be made available to the survey team.
- Completed data collection for all planned/substitute sample respondents