Help the Afghan Children - Performance Scorecard Help the Afghan Children (HTAC), takes great pride in the quality of our work and the positive impact we're having in delivering education to children in our schools, empowering local school committees, and improving the quality of life for children and their families.
HTAC's Performance Scorecard is designed to reflect the overall results of our work and let you know how we're doing. Our Scorecard has 4 major categories: Our ability to train and prepare teachers to excel in the classroom. Our ability to enroll students in schools; especially girls. Our ability to delivery quality programs and facilitate student achievement. The impact we're having in delivering critical humanitarian aid.
Note: In Afghanistan, the school year begins around March 21st. and runs through November 30th. Some Scorecard data will not be available until the completion of the current school year.
Teacher Training - coordinated by Afghanistan's Ministry of Education
Performance Category | Current
Performance | Performance Since 2002 | Number of teachers enrolled in our program | 536 | 2,027 | | Number of men completing our program | 213 (39.7%) | 669 (33.0%) | | Number of women completing our program | 323 (60.3%) | 1,358 (67.0%) |
60% of Afghan teachers nationwide lack a high school degree; 90% have no training.
Student Enrollment
Performance Category | Current
Performance | Performance
Since 2002 | Number of students enrolled in schools HTAC supports | 42,447 | 120,372*1 | Number of boys enrolled | 15,392 | 52,930 | Number of girls enrolled | 27,055 | 67,442 |
*1 – These totals do not include the many years HTAC provided education to thousands of Afghan boys and girls during the rule of the Taliban, where non-religious education was discouraged and girls education was forbidden.
Program Quality and Student Achievement
Performance Category | Current
Performance | Performance
Since 2003 | Computer Education Enrollment | | | Number of students enrolled in our program | 10,171 | 37,320 | Number of boys enrolled in program | 5,861 | 17,896 | Number of girls enrolled in program | 4,310 | 19,424 | Computer Skill Mastery (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows, Excel, PowerPoint) | | | Percentage of students mastering all skills | 96.8% | 95.6% | Percentage of boys mastering all skills | 97.7% | 93.9% | Percentage of girls mastering all skills | 96.4% | 97.0% |
HTAC was the first organization to introduce computers and computer education into Afghan public schools (2003) and our program is highly-recognized. As a comparison, less than 3% of all Afghan students are exposed to any form of computer education.
Program Quality and Student Achievement
Performance Category | Current
Performance | Performance
Since 2003 | Literacy-"Read Afghanistan" Program | | | Number of students enrolled in our program | 450 | 11,716 | Number of boys enrolled in our program | 225 | 5,832 | Number of girls enrolled in our program | 225 | 5,884 | Percentage of students with improved skills | 93.6% | 85.8%*1 | Percentage of boys with improved skills | 92.4% | 84.6%*1 | Percentage of girls with improved skills | 94.7% | 88.3%*1 | Percentage of students reading basic English | 61.4% | 54.3%*2 |
*1 - HTAC began tracking literacy achievement in 2006.; *2- English tracking began in 2008.
HTAC uses unique custom-designed illustrated storybooks to support classroom instruction. These bi-lingual books (Dari and English) are also available in each of our school libraries. As a comparison, over 50% of Afghan boys and 80% of girls (nationwide) remain illiterate.
Program Quality and Student Achievement
Performance Category | Current
Performance | Performance
Since 2003 | Peace Education Enrollment | 22 schools | 66 schools | Number of students enrolled in our program | 6,740 | 11,070 | Number of boys enrolled in program | 3,766 | 5,833 | Number of girls enrolled in program | 2,974 | 5,237 |
Program Quality and Student Achievement
Performance Category | Current
Performance | Performance
Since 2010 | Peace Education–Application*1 | | | # of schools where we are tracking performance | 7 (2,800 students) | | | % of teachers correctly modeling peace behaviors | 65.8% | | % of students correctly modeling peace behaviors | 55.6% | | | Average # of aggressive conflicts/month reduced | 1,540 to 739 (52.0%) | | | Average # of potential conflicts/month peacefully resolved using non-violent conflict resolution | 23 to 610 (45.2%) | |
*1 – HTAC began tracking performance in 2010.
HTAC was one of the first organizations to introduce peace education into the Afghan schools as well as measure peace education performance. We help students address their trauma and replace aggressive behaviors with self-esteem, mutual respect, and cooperation.
Program Quality and Student Achievement Performance Category | Current
Performance | Performance
Since 2003 | Environmental Education Enrollment | | | Number of students enrolled in our program | 600 (6 schools) | 4,733 *1 | Number of boys enrolled in program | 500 (6 schools) | 2,488 *1 | Number of girls enrolled in program | 100 (6 schools) | 2,245 *1 | Environmental Education - Application | | | Eco concepts taught/modeled in schools | 100% (6 of 6) | 100% (24 of 24)*1 | Students actively practicing eco-behaviors | 100% (6 of 6) | 83.3% (21 of 24)*1 | Schools are consistently litter-free | 100% (6 of 6) | 77.8% (2o of 24)*1 | School gardens planted/maintained by students | 100% (6 of 6) | 100% (24 of 24) *1 |
*1 - HTAC began tracking performance in 2006
HTAC's innovative program, has been recognized by Afghanistan's Ministry of Education and the United Nations Afghanistan Environmental Unit.
Humanitarian Aid & Emergency Relief Performance Category | Current Performance | Performance Since 1993 | Number of aid recipients (children & families) | 23,789 | 1,735,281 |
Since 1993, HTAC has delivered critical medical supplies, school supplies, clothing, nutritional supplements, hygiene materials, cooking and heating materials to over 1.6 million men, women, and children in under-served areas of the country.
Cultural Exchanges Performance Category | Current
Performance | Performance
Since 2005 | Number of participating schools | 4 | 12 | Number of participating students | 135 | 227 | Number of successful exchanges *1 | 2 of 2(100%) | 6 of 6 (100%) |
*1 - A successful exchange occurs when all learning objectives (of the exchange) have been met. Since 2005, HTAC has embarked on an innovative cross-cultural learning program where selected students from schools (primarily in the West), participate in formal exchange projects with students from ‘sister’ schools in Afghanistan. Project themes include topics such as: What is democracy?; Achieving peace in the world; & What is your school day like?
Computer Training for School Administrators and Teachers Performance Category | Current
Performance | Performance
Since 1993 | Total number of enrollees | 124 | 455 | Number of school administrators enrolled | 0 | 69 | Number of teachers enrolled | 124 | 386 | Number of males enrolled | 23 | 129 | Number of females enrolled | 101 | 326 | Percentage of enrollees mastering computers | 84.7%
105/124 | 95.8%
436/455 |
*1 – HTAC’s program began in 2006, with performance being tracked since 2007.
This program typically runs from December through February when school is closed. HTAC has learned that school administrators and teachers will better support computer education courses for their students when they themselves become computer literate.
Landmine Education Performance Category | Current
Performance | Performance
Since 2008 | Number of participating Afghan schools | 2 | 2 | Number of students completing program | 40 | 80 | Student population aware of landmine risks | 7,500 | 36,269 | Number of landmine survivors benefited | 120 | 123 |
Over 1 million landmines still lay buried throughout many parts of Afghanistan, killing or injuring an average of 50-60 children and adults each month.
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