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The Influence Of Ngo’s Capacity Building On Enhancing Girl Education Programs In Rwanda

2020; Volume: 10; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.29322/ijsrp.10.03.2020.p9983

2250-3153

P. Hatari, Mulyungi M.P,

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

This study sought to find out the influence of NGO's capacity building programs on enhancement of girl's education in Rwanda.This study adopted both qualitative and quantitative data.Structured questionnaires were administered to acquire primary data whereas key informant interviews were used to acquire qualitative information and a sample size of 116 respondents was representative enough to inform the findings of the report.Rwanda has ratified several UN conventions on child rights which have enabled the design of policy frameworks that have seen an increased enrolment for both girls and boys in schools.However, as the enrolment rate for girls is higher in lower primary classes, the completion rate has been low compared to boys.Findings revealed that income generating skills were taken by many more among the respondents.Results indicated that capacity building initiatives had influence on a relative extent.However, the correlation between training and school attendance was low the opinion of respondents in which 58.5% felt it had no influence at all.36.6% felt there was an appreciated extent of influence and this showed that capacity building had a bearing on school attendance.The role of the NGO's in ensuring girls enrolment and completion of the basic education cycle cannot be underestimated.Their contribution in capacity building for teachers and parents has been remarkably recognized.The study findings indicate that NGOs in Rwanda have played a very critical role in enhancing the girl child's education through capacity building of not only teachers but also the parents and the girls themselves.NGOs embarked on building the capacity of teachers on gender responsive methodology that helped enhance girl's participation in class.Parents' economic capacity to support the girl child's education has also been the focus of NGOs.They have also empowered girls through catch up programs that have helped spur their academic potential to competitively thrive through the different levels of the education cycle.However, 62.5% of parents indicated that they have not received any capacity building which calls on NGOs to increase focus on capacity building of parents if girl's education has to be realized.One of the key recommendations is that benefits of NGO efforts should be shared fairly among those not in need and those in need.This is indicative that more focused interventions need to be developed in the future.It was also recommended that efforts from NGOs operating in the country should be coordinated so that there is no replication.NGO should be controlled by a body that could focus on strategic and coordinated intervention initiatives so that reduplication is minimized.