Increasing School Enrollment Rates Especially For Girls Operation-1
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION
- Measure 2.1: To raise awareness about the importance of education, and to increase enrolment rates, particularly of women, with a view to developing human resources and entrance into labour market
- Operation: Increasing School Enrolment Rates Especially For Girls
- Operation Beneficiary: Ministry of National Education(Operational Agreement signed on 08 October 2009)
- Total Budget: € 16.2 Million (including national contribution of 15 %)
- Location: 12 NUTS-II Regions - 43 Provinces and Ankara
- Components: Service - Supply - Grant
- Budgets by Components: Service: € 4 Million - Supply: € 730 Thousand - Grant: € 11.5 Million
- Operation Web Site: kizlarinegitimi.meb.gov.tr/tr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPONENTS
SERVICE COMPONENT
Specific Objectives:
- Revising and improving the quality of guidance and counselling services by conducting field researches, delivering trainings, organizing workshops, preparing action plans
- Improving the current e-school system for monitoring of the enrolment rates
- Taking necessary measures to prevent drop-outs and absenteeism of especially girls
- Providing incentives to children and their families to stimulate their willingness to enrol and continue education
SUPPLY COMPONENT
Specific Objectives:
- Equipping schools in pilot provinces of the Operation in line with their specific physical requirements
The equipment to be supplied in this scope is organised under 5 lots:
-Lot 1: IT Equipment
-Lot 3: White Goods
-Lot 5: Food Technology Equipment
-Lot 6: Cosmetics and Hair Care Services Equipment
-Lot 7: Food and Beverages Services Equipment
GRANT COMPONENT
Specific Objectives:
- Detection of girls have who dropped out or are at risk of dropping out education in secondary education
- Searching for reasons at local level for drop-outs and absenteeism via field studies
- Conducting visits and meetings with families with a view to convince parents for enrolling their children
- Providing trainings and compensation courses for girls who have dropped out
- Promoting awareness-raising activities for parents on the importance of education especially for girls, with the participation of local administrations, NGOs and the media.
Number of Supported Projects: 89
Period of Implementation: December 2010-December 2012