Search / Search Results Date Added to Site: 21st September 2005     Short Summary Title Computer Tool: Girls' Education Designing for Success Author Kane, E. Publication Date June 2005 Publisher World Bank (WB) Donor World Bank (WB) Short Summary This is a tool to help policymakers, planners, educators, researchers, managers and other development specialists to create practical country-led and country-specific plans for educating girls. It is intended to be part of a serious program of planning, to explore issues, perhaps carry out some research, assess and analyse project materials and assemble them in a set of forms that will assist with identifying the issues in the project country or area. It focuses on primary intake, survival to Grade 6 and universal primary completion, but also covers a wider range of relevant indicators, at both primary and secondary level, plus others that educators consider important in reaching gender parity, such as literacy rates, percentage of female teachers, and participation in the labour market. It is divided into steps as follows: Step 1: Looking at the Benefits Step 2: Identifying Problems in a Country or Region Step 3: Identifying Causes Step 4: Identifying and Assessing Interventions Step 5a: Help with Designing a Project Step 5b: Designing Your Project It is an interactive CD-ROM that uses an Internet-style interface i.e., highlighted words may be clicked on which will take the user to other relevant pages. It also provides a “tools” section, explaining some research tools, the project cycle, sampling, where to look for statistics and working with a consultant to get the information needed for a project. This tool can be obtained from the World Bank. Contact: istrand@worldbank.org