Evaluation of the Southern and Eastern Africa Regional Centre for ...
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223 Findings: Impact <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> SEARCWL3.1 General findings from <strong>the</strong> surveyThere have been a total <strong>of</strong> 202 students on <strong>the</strong> Programme. Of <strong>the</strong> 202, keycharacteristics are provided in <strong>the</strong> table below:Table 3.1 <strong>for</strong> all students:Nationality <strong>and</strong> genderTotal Female MalenumberBotswana 1 (0, 5%) 1 0Cameroon 3 (1, 5%) 3 0Ethiopia 1 (0, 5%) 1 0Kenya 27 (13, 4%) 23 4Lesotho 3 (1, 5%) 3 0Malawi 16 (7, 8%) 11 5Mozambique 1 (0, 5%) 1 0Namibia 1 (0, 5%) 1 0Tanzania 28 (13, 9%) 23 5Ug<strong>and</strong>a 16 (7, 9%) 9 7Zambia 27 (13, 4%) 10 17Zimbabwe 78 (38, 6%) 73 5TOTAL 202 (100 %) 159 (79%) 43 (21%)This shows that 39 percent are Zimbabwean, <strong>and</strong> 79 percent are women. Concerningnationality, this is almost twice <strong>the</strong> 20 percent per<strong>for</strong>mance indicator that <strong>the</strong>SEARCWL has <strong>for</strong> regional composition <strong>of</strong> students. SEARCWL explained thiscomposition in terms <strong>of</strong> mitigating factors in student recruitment, especially that <strong>the</strong>overall figure tended to be pushed up by last minute vacancies on <strong>the</strong> course <strong>and</strong>which are <strong>of</strong>fered to Zimbabweans <strong>for</strong> practical reasons. Of <strong>the</strong> 202 in-take, 195have graduated <strong>and</strong> 7 <strong>the</strong>re<strong>for</strong>e have not completed graduation (<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se somemay still complete). These figures show a very low rate <strong>of</strong> non-completion, probablyreflecting high levels <strong>of</strong> support from SEARCWL staff.In terms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> response rate <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> survey itself- contact details were not available<strong>for</strong> 21 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 202, most <strong>of</strong> whom we underst<strong>and</strong> were ‘upgraders’ from <strong>the</strong> diplomataken in previous years. There<strong>for</strong>e <strong>the</strong> sample <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> survey was 181, <strong>of</strong> which 90people responded: 87 <strong>for</strong>mer students <strong>and</strong> 3 employers. In total, this number gives a