Posted on Aug 08, 2024 at 09:42
One of the goals of the Government of Malawi is to ensure that all primary school learners have equal access to adequate and safe learning spaces. To support this objective, the Institute of Public Opinion and Research (IPOR) partnered with Center for Evaluation and Development (C4ED) and the World Bank, with funding from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), to conduct an independent school survey called the Malawi Longitudinal Schools Survey (MLSS).
As part of the preparatory activities, IPOR conducted a pretest of the survey tool, trained enumerators, as well as carried out a pilot to ensure that we uncover potential issues in the research design or methodology, such as unclear instructions, logistical challenges, or unforeseen variables.
Field Manager for the Project, Edson Ntodwa, said the team did not experience any huge hiccups during the pretest. He attributed this to the fact that school officials at Sagawa school in Mulanje, where the exercise was carried out, warmly welcomed and assisted the team in collecting data without any challenges.
Ntodwa added: “We are happy to report that we were able to administer almost all of the tools successfully, with the exception of a few students who have dropped out of school and no longer reside in nearby communities.”
Through
the study, IPOR will interview respondents from 85 schools in Mzimba, Chikwawa
and Kasungu Districts.