Global Catch-Up Club Portal
| Position | Organization | Year |
|---|---|---|
|
Senior Data Analyst |
Save the Children International |
2023 |
Project Overview
The Global Catch-up Clubs (CuC) initiative was developed to address the urgent learning crisis intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally designed for upper primary students at risk of academic failure, CuC helps reduce repetition and dropout by providing community-based, targeted learning support in foundational literacy and numeracy.
COVID-19 forced schools worldwide to close, affecting 1.6 billion children and putting millions—especially girls and children with disabilities—at risk of never returning to school. Catch-up Clubs respond to this once-in-a-generation crisis by ensuring vulnerable children receive accelerated learning opportunities, psychosocial support, and protection services. By keeping children engaged in education, CuC reduces risks linked to child marriage, child labor, violence, and long-term poverty.
BI Driven Solutions
To strengthen monitoring and learning, CuC integrates Business Intelligence (BI) solutions across multiple countries. A global data portal consolidates information from 11 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, enabling rapid analysis and decision-making.
Countries with direct Waliku integration: Nigeria and Malawi (with El Salvador and Mozambique soon to be added).
Countries submitting program data to the global portal: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, India, Myanmar, Philippines, and Uganda.
This BI approach makes CuC a data-driven, scalable, and cost-effective intervention, ensuring stakeholders at global, regional, and national levels can measure impact, track progress, and identify gaps in real time.
Objectives
Consolidate multi-country data from 11+ countries into a unified portal for global monitoring and comparison.
Track learner enrollment and participation to verify program reach and identify gaps in coverage.
Monitor attendance trends across cycles to detect irregularities and ensure consistent engagement.
Measure learning outcomes (literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional learning) through data-driven dashboards to assess progress and effectiveness.
Enable real-time decision-making for program managers through interactive dashboards and analytics.
Support child protection integration by capturing and reporting CVA (Cash Voucher Assistance) and case management data when applicable.
Facilitate scalability and rapid deployment of BI tools for new countries joining the CuC initiative.
Key Insights
Enrollment Tracking: Verify program participation by monitoring learner enrollment across countries and cycles.
Attendance Monitoring: Identify patterns and challenges in learner attendance to ensure consistent participation.
Learning Outcomes: Measure progress in literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional learning (SEL) through standardized assessments.
Child Protection & Case Management: Track child protection cases and integrate data on cash voucher assistance (CVA) and referral mechanisms where relevant.
