Monitoring and evaluation of English and Digital for Girls’ Education (EDGE) Project

FDM conducted the monitoring and evaluation of English and Digital for Girls education (EDGE) project which was conducted from November 2015 – March 2016. The EDGE project was initiated by British Council Nepal in partnership with the U.S. embassy to increase girls’ access to information and opportunities to enable them to boost up self-confidence, be more aware of their choices and rights. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were applied to complete and achieve the goal of the task. EDGE was a project implemented by British Council Nepal in expectation. For the assignment, FDM formulated an English proficiency test and ICT test and also developed an M&E framework which included baseline, process monitoring and endline tools in close coordination with Leeds University and Institute for Educational Research (IER) based in Bangladesh.

Donor: British Council

Study Area: Kavre, Lalitpur, Gulmi, Arghakhaachi, and Makwanpur

Tools: KII, FGD, Club Observation, ICT test, English Proficiency Test

Sample: 20 clubs (process monitoring)/30 clubs (endline evaluation)

Duration: 2015 – 2016