Antarang Foundation

Retrospective and Longitudinal Periodic evaluation of Antarang Foundation’s CareeReady programme

Partner/Client
Antarang Foundation

Sector
NGO

Location
Maharashtra

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The programme reached out to 18 to 25 years old underprivileged youths in colleges and communities directly and taught them core employability skills that are expected of them in a structured workplace.
  • Retrospective evaluation reached out to about 250 students from different batches from 2015 to 2018. For periodic evaluation- baseline, midline, and endline evaluation- research has been designed to reach 302 students from the 2019-20 batches.
  • The programme served as a good upskilling initiative and as a stepping stone for youth from vulnerable communities to get a good head start with their associations with good companies’ brands and networks.

Retrospective and Longitudinal Periodic evaluation of Antarang Foundation’s CareeReady programme on college students and education dropouts

The study followed a periodic pre-post evaluation and retrospective evaluation design that extended across the programme cycle. The evaluation focused on capturing the youth perspectives related to the relevance of the programme, their career aspirations and choices, challenges and needs the youth themselves articulate, motivations to join the programme, their barriers, the stakeholders they are most influenced by, and the impact (real or perceived) that they experience from the programme.

Relying on a mixed-methods design, the research aimed to do the following:

  • Quantify opinions and perceptions while allowing for a nuanced qualitative understanding of the programme
  • Build on the understanding that for youth to be self-reliant, to reach a career of their choice there are milestones, barriers, and enablers along the way

RESEARCH TOOLS

01. Telephonic assessment
02. Goal Attainment scale
03. Structured Surveys
04. Semi-structured interviewss
05. Focus Group Discussions

APPROACH

The study followed a periodic pre-post evaluation and retrospective evaluation design that extended across the programme cycle. The evaluation focused on capturing the youth perspectives related to the relevance of the programme, their career aspirations and choices, challenges and needs the youth themselves articulate, motivations to join the programme, their barriers, the stakeholders they are most influenced by, and the impact (real or perceived) that they experience from the programme.

Relying on a mixed-methods design, the research aimed to do the following:

  • Quantify opinions and perceptions while allowing for a nuanced qualitative understanding of the programme
  • Build on the understanding that for youth to be self-reliant, to reach a career of their choice there are milestones, barriers, and enablers along the way