Girls’ technology and creativity program pilot in Ukraine
Education
- ESTDEV
Project objectives
The overall goal of the project is to increase Ukrainian girls' access to high-quality and safe technology and science education in order to increase their confidence, interest, and readiness to participate in the technology field in the future, and thereby contribute to reducing gender inequality in education and the labor market.
Actions and results
The project will deliver two technology education courses, each consisting of 10 lessons covering different STEM topics (a total of 20 unique lessons). Altogether, 500 lessons will be conducted over the course of the project (calculated across all participants). Local instructors will be trained and supported, learning materials will be adapted and translated into Ukrainian, and a practical organisational and logistics model for running the clubs will be developed. The quality of activities will be supported through monitoring and a simple impact assessment framework (participation, retention, girls’ self-efficacy and interest in technology, and instructors’ confidence).
As a result of the project, participating girls are expected to demonstrate increased confidence and interest in technology, local instructors’ capacity to deliver the programme will improve, and a functional and sustainable model for girls’ STEM extracurricular education will be established in the pilot areas. By the end of the project, evidence-based conclusions will be available to support decisions on continuation and potential scaling of the programme in Ukraine.
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