Research

https://luminosfund.org/blog/new-summary-report-evaluating-the-effects-of-social-emotional-learning-and-activity-based-teaching-methods-in-tigray-ethiopia/ Client: The Luminos Fund Brief Description The report has two major objectives: 1) assessing the effect of the joyful accelerated learning program on literacy and numeracy of out of school children and 2) assessing the effect of the psychsocial interventions on emotional and behavioral adjustments of out of school children who had difficult exposures due to the two year war in tigray, Ethiopia. The interventions were amazingly helpful for these children (you click and read the summary of the report). Team lead: Dr. Belay Hagos Hailu Research team member: Mr. Tsegaye Hagos

Client: UNICEF Ethiopia Brief Description The final version will be posted at the Addis Ababa University website on the ECD Knowledge Hub platform very soon (https://ecde.aau.edu.et/hub/ ) This consultancy was done with the collaborative support of UNICEF Ethiopia, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, Addis Ababa University and Institute for Education, Health and Development plc (InEHD). Principal Researcher: Professor Belay Tefera Co-principal researcher: Dr. Belay Hagos Hailu Associate Reseaerhcers: Dr. Fantahun Admas, Mr. Fiseha Teklu, Dr. Tadesse Jaleta, and Dr. Yigzaw Haile (2024).

Client: CCRDA Brief Description The complementary report is intended, among others, to: a) provide the CRC Committee with additional, specific, credible and objective information to complement the State Party Report; b) provide the CRC Committee with complete picture of the status of children and implementation of the Convention in the territory of Ethiopia; and c) provide the CRC Committee with concrete, country-specific, time-bound, realistic and implementable recommendations. Team lead: Dr. Yonas Birmeta; Team members: Dr. Belay Hagos Hailu and Mr. Tsegaye Hagos

Client: Save the Children International Brief Description We conducted a situational assessment on accessability of justice to three groups of children: 1) children in conflict with the law; 2) children living with their incarcerated mothers; and 3) children in the community who are denied access to justice. Date of completion: August 2021. Team lead: Dr. Belay Hagos Hailu; Team members: Dr. Yonas Birmeta, Professor belay Tefera, and Mr. Tsegaye Hagos

Client: UNHCR Ethiopia Brief Description The assignments that InEHD has two inter-related objectives: • Reviewing and analyzing the existing national and regional legal framework and identifying gaps that may impede the inclusion and support of refugees in national systems and propose solutions and recommendations. • Review and analyze the institutional framework and identify institutional gaps in the implementation of the CRRF and propose solutions and recommendations. Team Lead: Dr. Yonas Birmeta Team members: Dr. Mizanie Abate and Dr. Belay Hagos Hailu

Client: Whiz Kids Workshop Plc Brief Description Conducted baseline and endline assessment of the impact of the intervention by Whiz Kids Workshop on the school readiness of kindergarten children in Addis Ababa (Date of completion, May 2019); Team Lead: Dr. Belay Hagos and Dr. Belay Teferra

Client: NORC-University of Chicago (Client: USAID) Brief Description Subcontracted from NORC at the University of Chicago to conduct baseline assessment READ CO: Nov.2015-March 2016 – May 2018. Impact Assessment of the READ Community Outreach (READ CO) Project that focused on improving the reading and writing skills of primary school students. The assessment employed a randomized control trail (RCT), treatment arms and a control group. Baseline data collection was done on a total of 150 sample schools, 4500 grade-2 children, 1500 parents of the assessed grade-2 children; principals and teachers in Amhara and Oromia regions. The same target groups were traced and followed up for endline evaluation. [Quantitative Study] – Tablet based data collection.Accomplished to client (i.e., USAID) satisfaction. INEHD has over 130 Android tablets with power banks and power surges for field data collection. Team lead: Dr. Belay Hagos

Client: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Alison Tumilowicz, Ph.D. Senior Specialist Monitoring, Learning and Research GAIN Geneva, Switzerland Email: atumilowicz@gainhealth.org Quantitative Study. Paper-based data collection [Nov. 2016-May2017] – 2 Regions (Amhara and Tigray) -covering 11 Weredas (6&5 respectively) -40 Enumeration Areas (EA)/clusters in each region with 18 households /EA Team lead: Dr. Tezera Fisseha

Client: The World Bank Group, Addis Ababa Brief Description The purpose of the study was to document the practice of early childhood education in the form of O-class in Ethiopia. The focus was on profiling the characteristics of the O-class children, the teachers, the indoor and outdoor facilities, the curriculum and the learning materials, the quality of classroom interaction, the typical day of the child, the involvement of parents and other stakeholders, etc. This study was conducted on four regional states of Ethiopia (Amhara, SNNPR, Oromia and Tigray). The primary data was entirely collected through in-depth individual interview, key informant interview, and focus group discussion. Data was collected from a total of 84 interviews and 36 FGD in all selected for regional states. Team lead: Professor Tirussew Teferra

Client American Institutes for Research (AIR) – (Client: UNICEF Ethiopia) Brief Description Subcontracted from AIR and engaged in conducting ASR assessment in BenishangulGumuz Region (February 2015– December 2016) – Two phases accomplished. [Quantitative Study] Team lead: Dr. Belay Hagos