For the present, extensive supervision and training - though representing a much higher percentage of expenses in CS than in MS and OCS - are of questionable relevance and efficiency, given the considerable experience and qualifications of facilitators along with concomitant gaps in skills in dealing with contemporary requirements such as children at risk and information technology.
Matching criteria include unit size as determined by the total number of births per annum, type of unit (ie obstetric led or birth centre) and the qualifications of the facilitators, information on which were obtained from study sites on recruitment to the study.
Table 16: Profile of Facilitators Qualification Frequency N=78 Percentage Form Four plus teacher training (Grade IIIA) 55 70.5 Form Four without teacher training 18 23.1 Standard Seven/Eight without teacher training 5 6.4 Total 100.0 Source: Field data from Head Teachers Questionnaire Table 16 shows that majority of COBET teachers were trained teachers with secondary education qualification.
Not more than 54 percent of CS children are girls (versus the anticipated 75 percent), barely over 10 percent are of poor economic status, and 7 percent of students in Sohag and 27 percent of facilitators overall are from towns (37 percent have post-secondary qualifications).
No details of facilitators, themes, content.
With multiple facilitators, stage 1 could be modified to accommodate collaborative study within a community of facilitators, led by the PD developer or an experienced facilitator.
High turn-over of facilitators.
61% of facilitators returned their questionnaires.
Political and ideological training, Ribas officials told me, is the top qualification for a facilitator.
The US argues that the host government should also provide an international 'facilitator' for the conference, but that cuts down the choice of facilitator.
Related to the issue of facilitator capacity is high turnover among peer facilitators.
