8. School director’s interview

Notes to interviewer

Each question should be asked in an open-ended way. Wait for the responses and only use the probes or response choices if the director gives no response or the question is not understood.

Record responses as you hear them (i.e. - tick the appropriate response) and write down the main points of what was said when elaboration is needed. Note and expand the explanation for responses where given so that someone else can interpret them.

School director’s interview

A) Background

1. Date of interview

Day
Month
Year

2. School/District: _________________________________________________________________

3. Sex:

Male
Female

B) General views of the programme

4. What are your overall impressions of the programme?

Very good
Good
Fair
Poor
Very poor

5. How enthusiastic were you about having it taught in your school?

High
Moderate
Low

6. a) How did the community, excluding students’ parents, react to the implementation of the programme?

Positively
Negatively
Don’t know

b) Who reacted negatively? How did you respond? ______________________________________
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7. What things helped the implementation of the programme? ______________________________
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8. What things hindered the implementation of the programme? ____________________________
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9. Do you think the programme was important for young people in your school?

Yes
No
Part of it

10. Based on what you know about the programme, would you want to use this programme again next year?

Yes, in its entirety
Yes, in part
No

11. Were there particular components of the programme that you liked or disliked?

	Liked	Neutral	Disliked		Liked	Neutral	Disliked
Peer leaders in the classroom				Parent involvement
Skills as part of the programme				Unit on delaying sex
Unit on protected sex				Care and support unit
Basic knowledge unit				Student activities

C) Student response

12. a) Did you receive any comments from students about the programme?

Yes
No

b) If yes, were they mostly positive, neutral, or negative?

Positive
Neutral
Negative

D) Teachers’ training

13. Did you find the teacher training programme useful?

Very useful
Useful
Not useful

14. a) What was the general response of your teachers to the programme?

Most liked it
Many were neutral
Most disliked it

b) Comments? ___________________________________________________________________
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15. a) Could the programme developers improve the programme to help you and your teachers with the implementation?

Yes
No

b) If yes, how? ___________________________________________________________________
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E) Parent/guardian involvement

16. a) Did you receive any positive comments from parents about the programme?

Yes
No

b) If yes, from how many parents? ___________________________________________________
c) What kinds of comments were made? ______________________________________________
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17. a) Did you receive any negative comments from parents about the programme?

Yes
No

b) If yes, from how many parents? ___________________________________________________
c) What were the comments? _______________________________________________________
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18. a) Was there additional help/information you would like to have had for the parents/guardians?

Yes
No

b) If yes, what do you need? ________________________________________________________

F) Issues

19. Did any of the teachers come to you with problems?

Yes
No

20. If yes, what were the problems? _________________________________________________
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21. How was the teachers’ overall response? __________________________________________
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22. Who were the teachers most in favour of the programme? (gender, age) _________________
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23. What kind of support did you get from the Ministry/Administration? ____________________
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24. Do you have any other comments to add? (e.g. Were there any aspects which really bothered you about the programme that you haven’t already mentioned? Are there aspects that you were pleased about?)
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