Assessment Report for Phase 1- Cohort 4 & Phase 2 – Cohort 1 · 2019-09-11 · Freelancing 101: Skill inventory, choosing the right platform, creating a profile, setting up payment

Assessment Report for Phase 1- Cohort 4 & Phase 2 – Cohort 1April, 2019 – August, 2019

L E A R N . C R E A T E . L A U N C H

A project by in partnership with &CONSULNETCorporation

Executive SummaryCodeGirls is a fully-funded IT and Business skills boot camp run by ConsulNet Corporation with its partners United Global Initiative and WomenInTechPK. The program is aimed towards women empowerment and inclusion in the technology industry and has a specific target audience which includes girls/women between the age of 15 to 30 who are from middle to low income families and have no prior technology training. The goal is to give them access to professional training and environment so that they can start their career in technology which is an excellent equalizer, is lucrative, and has more opportunities and comparatively friendlier work policies for women.

The program is divided into three phases, where each phase is of 16 weeks. Phase 1 is web design and development along with core business skills, Phase 2 has five different technology tracks where participants can pick one (WordPress Development, NodeJS, PHP, SQA or UI/UX Design) currently and Phase 3 is all about learning to be a pro freelancer. Currently, the boot camp is only working on the first two phases and Phase 3 will be launched in 2020.

This assessment report aims to analyze the progress made so far and dives into the program structure along with participant performance and financial data, and concludes with the way forward.

Partners & CollaboratorsCodeGirls is a partnership between ConsulNet Corporation (a tech training company based in Pakistan), United Global Initiative (a non-profit based in US) and WomenInTechPK (a women-focused, nonprofit, tech community based in Pakistan).

CodeGirls has also collaborated with some women, education and community focused organizations by asking them for participant nominations, which includes, The Citizens Foundation, Sakina Homes, NOWPDP, Hyderi Benevolent Trust, Government Polytechnic institute Liaquatabad and Hunar Ghar Welfare Organization.

For the orientation ceremonies of Cohort 1 & 2, The Nest I/O hosted the event and for Cohort 3 and 4, Lincoln Corner volunteered their venue. Similarly, for our 1st graduation ceremony, 10Pearls was our venue partners and for 2nd graduation ceremony, Contour Software hosted the event. This time, 10Pearls is hosting us again.

For media and publishing Ananke, TechJuice and Madvertising are our main collaborators.

Now CodeGirls has a network of friends who are supporting the cause with resources and outreach, the list includes, Pakistan Software House Association, Upwork, Atlassian, W4.org, CYP Europe, Viper Technology, One Good Act, SheMeansBusiness by Facebook, PWiC, Enchante, Akhuwat Foundation, Secure Beans, TAP Africa and DigitSkill by Ignite.

For providing the graduating class of Phase1 with paid internship opportunities, CodeGirls has signed MoUs with Grids Hub, Genetech Solutions and Tree House Consulting, but with time several other organizations are reaching out to setup interviews with the participants.

A number of companies have hired our graduates, including 10Pearls, Technifai, Contour Software, Ananke, Siemens, Genetech Solutions and Fatimiyah Education Network.

Participants (Walk-in & Nominations)

ParticipantsProfile

120Phase 1 – Cohort 4 58

Following are some stats related to the graduating cohorts.

Participants

Hyderi Benevolent Trust

05Sindh Madressatul IslamUniversity

Age

Education- Minimum – Matric/O’level - 01 Participants- Average – Intermediate/A’level - 39 Participants- Maximum – Post Graduate - 03 Participants

Most participants belong to the followingareas of Karachi- Soldier Bazar- Saddar

- Garden East- Shaheed-e-Millat (PECHS)

- Gulshan-e-Iqbal

Minimum – 14 Years | Maximum – 37 Years | Average – 19 Years

49Walk-ins

PKR, 25k - 50k/month

Average household income

36.7%

24%5%Percentage of participants who arealready employed somewhere

21%Percentage of participants who have kids

Percentage of participants who don’thave access to computers at home

Percentage of participants whoare married

(48.3% of total participants from Cohort 4)

08GCT(G) Karimabad(6.6% of total participants from Cohort 4)



ParticipantsProfile

Age

Education- Minimum – Matric/O’level - 07 Participants- Average – Intermediate/A’level - 26 Participants- Maximum – Graduate - 15 Participants

Minimum – 14 Years | Maximum – 42 Years | Average – 19 Years

Most participants belong to the followingareas of Karachi- Soldier Bazar- Liaqtabad

- Garden East - Jut Line

77Phase 2 – Cohort 1 34

Participants in Each Track:

Participants


01Sindh Madressatul IslamUniversity

05Jinnah University

09NodeJS Participants

23SQA Participants

26WordPress Participants

19PHP Participants

(44% of total participants from Cohort 1)

01GCT(G) Karimabad(1.2% of total participants from Cohort 1)


(6. 4% of total participants from Cohort 1)

05Govt Polytech Institute KarimabadUniversity

25Walk-ins



05Patronizing Hifz-e-Quran Program

01Sir Syed University



PKR, 25k - 50k/month

Average household income

47%

35%11%Percentage of participants who arealready employed somewhere

32%Percentage of participants who have kids

Percentage of participants who don’thave access to computers at home

Percentage of participants whoare married

Curriculum and Structure

Frontend Development: Hands-on workshops on HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery with three class projects and weekly assignments.

Entrepreneurial skills: Workshop and discussion on learning entrepreneurial vision, understanding effectuation theory and creating business model canvas.

Financial Literacy: Introduction to basic bookkeeping, costing, budgeting and forecasting.

Soft Skills: Time management, effective communication, conflict resolution and leadership.

Solopreneurial Skills: Setting up a portfolio and polishing social media presence, writing proposals, tools for productivity and collaboration.

Workplace Safety and HR Law.

Work Readiness

Guest Speaking sessions from industry experts.

Final Project and Viva.

Following is the curriculum and structure for both Coding and Business Skills Workshops which were facilitated by industry professionals.

101 Hours

04 Hours

08 Hours

04 Hours

04 Hours

04 Hours

02 Hours

Phase 1

NodeJS/PHP/ Software Quality Assurance / WordPress Development with two class projects and weekly assignments

Work Readiness: CV, Cover Letter, LinkedIn Profile, Creating a Portfolio, Job Applications, Confidence Building Measures, Do & Don’t of interviews, Understanding Work Contacts, The Art of Negotiation.

Design Thinking: Creativity and Innovation, significance of adopting a design thinking mindset, Design Thinking Principles, Design Thinking Process.

Freelancing 101: Skill inventory, choosing the right platform, creating a profile, setting up payment method, creating a rate card, writing your first proposal.

Business Communication: Writing for business audiences, improving writing techniques, revising and proofreading business messages, emails & memorandums, persuasive messages.

Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving: Exploring thinking process, critical thinking and creative problem solving, group creative thinking, decision analysis, learning essentials tools and techniques.

Guest Speaking sessions from industry experts.

Final Project and Viva.

101 Hours

08 Hours

04 Hours

02 Hours

04 Hours

04 Hours

Phase 2

Funds and ExpensesOur cohorts were mainly funded by United Global Initiative along with some other patrons. Following is the list of patrons and other financial data.

The sponsorship amount is 120 USD or 16000 PKR per participant for each phase of the boot camp.

United Global Initiative


60

60

Person/Organization No of Participant

Sponsors for Phase 1

Person/Organization No of Participant

Sponsors for Phase 2

Hyderi Benevolent Trust 50

Arthur Lawrence 04

One Good Act 05

Rumaisa Saleem 03

Naureen Anwer 01

Fatima Anila 01

Fizzah Mumtaz 01

Sana Asif 01

Khawaja Farooq 01

Kasim Aslam 01

Omer Fatimi 01

Maheen Soomro 01

Faiza Ihsan 02

Faisal Khan

Misbah Naqvi 02

Ananke 02

02

Sobia Chaudhry 02

Arafat Tehsin 02

Total Sponsorships Received: 35,63,280 PKR (24240 USD * 147 PKR)

Total Expenses (including, trainers’ hourly compensation, facility, administrative staff, orientation & graduation ceremony, etc.): 34,43,000 PKR

Balance: 1,20,280 PKR (will be used toward sponsoring 7 CodeGirls in the next phase)

United Global Initiative 01

CYP Europe 02

One Good Act 02

Viper Technology 10

Person/Organization No of Laptops/Tablets

Sponsers for Laptops and Tablets

Participants PerformanceParticipant performance was measured by the following criteria:

15.00%HTML Assignments

Weightage Weightage

Weightage Weightage Weightage

(72.5% of total enrolled)

15.00%CSS Assignments

Weightage

15.00%Weekly Assignments

20.00%Final Project

20.00%Viva

15.00%Attendance

50.00%Minimum Weightage for Passing out

100.00%Total Weightage

120Enrolled Participants

87Retained Participants

87Out of Retained Participants

(97.7% of total retained)

85Graduating Participants

33Drop outs

02Unsuccessful Participants

Phase 1Cohort 4

15.00%Assignment 1

Weightage Weightage

Weightage Weightage Weightage

(68.8% of total enrolled)

15.00%Assignment 2

Weightage

15.00%Weekly Assignments

20.00%Final Project

20.00%Viva

15.00%Attendance

50.00%Minimum Weightage for Passing out

100.00%Total Weightage

77Enrolled Participants

53Retained Participants

53Out of Retained Participants

(98% of total retained)

52Graduating Participants

24Drop outs

01Unsuccessful Participants

Phase 2Cohort 1

Top 10Graduating

ParticipantsPhase 1 - Cohort 4

01

04

07

10

Amatul SaboorHTMLCSSFinal ProjectVivaAttendanceWeekly AssignmentWeighted Total

100100100

85100

96.9496.54

HTMLCSSFinal ProjectVivaAttendanceWeekly AssignmentWeighted Total

89.80100

96.0085.00

10098.2494. 41


100979280

10092.9492.89


99. 42100

97.0075.00

10090. 4292.88


98.9993.9486.0075.0097.7899.3890.71


100100

79.5070.00

10096.3989.36


10096.97

8765

93.3399.6988.90


95.92889670

97.8786.1888. 40


92.86939275

97.8785.8888.84


97.89100

8365

10094. 4488. 45

Taha Fatima02

Rida Zehra03

Fatima Hyderi Sabeen Zehra05

Kulsoom Zehra06

Sahar Fatima

Aymen Ammar

Iffat Tehseen08

Insiya Fatima09

Top 5Graduates

Phase 2 - Cohort 1

Placement Data

Rida Fatima01

ProgramAssignment 1Assignment 2Final ProjectVivaAttendanceWeekly AssignmentsWeighted Total

Wordpress100

9999.6593.18

10097.6798.07


PHP100100100100

92.5088.0897.09


Wordpress97.92

98100100

87.5094

96.61


Web Developer

Graphic Designer

Virtual Assistant

Frontend Developer trainee

Junior SQA

Finance Officer

UX Engineer

Teacher

10Pearls

Technifai

Contour Software

Ananke

Siemens

Genetech Solutions

Fatimiyah Education Network

Wordpress95.83

10098.7186.36

10096

95.79


SQA97.80

100100100

81.8289.6495.39

Sana Fatima02

Zamina Fatima03

Maheen Aqeel04

Laiba Nadeem

Hired for

05

23Number of Graduates placed in the industry

Graduates

10kStipend/Salary

Minimum

20kAverage

40kMaximum

Companies hired our graduates

Pre and Post Assessment DataWe collected pre and post assessment data to see how the program is impacting its participants, which included personal information, feedback and suggestions and how they are planning to use the skills they have gained from the program.

Following were the options and results:

Feedback from Participants:

5/5Average rating ofcoding Workshops

5/5Average rating ofEntrepreneurial SkillsWorkshops

5/5Average rating ofSoft Skills Workshops

5/5Average ratingof HR Law andHarassments

4/5Average rating ofFinancial LiteracyWorkshops

4/5Average rating ofSolopreneurial SkillsWorkshops

38 Relevant Employment

31Further Training/Education

46Freelancing

15Passing on theknowledge to othersin their circle

participants participants participants participants

Phase 1 – Cohort 4

Phase 2 – Cohort 1Following were the options and results of how they plan to use taught skills.

Feedback from Participants:

4/5Average rating ofWork ReadinessWorkshops

4/5Average ratingof Design ThinkingWorkshop

4/5Average rating ofFreelancingWorkshop

3/5Average rating ofBusiness Commun-ication Workshop

3/5Average rating ofCritical Thinkingand Creative ProblemSolving Workshop

26 Relevant Employment

21Further Training/Education

35Freelancing

18Passing on theknowledge to othersin their circle

participants participants participants participants

In the Press

Featured by TechJuice

CodeGirls graduates third cohort of 93young women empowered with IT &business skills

https://www.techjuice.pk/codegirls-graduates-third-cohort-of-93-young-women-empowered-with-it-business-skills/

Featured by Ananke

Codegirls By Consulnet Launches Third Cohort

https://anankemag.com/2018/11/09/codegirls-by-consulnet-launches-third-cohort/

Featured by TechJuice

These two women are battling the genderbiased technology industry by teachingcoding to young girls

https://www.techjuice.pk/these-two-women-are-battling-the-gender-biased-technology-industry-by-teaching-coding-to-young-girls/

Featured by w4.org

Codegirls Pakistan: Inspirational FounderShamim Rajani Is Only Just Getting Started!

https://www.w4.org/en/wowwire/codegirls-pakistan-founder-shamim-rajani-is-getting-started/

ChallengesHere are some of the challenges identified by the team of CodeGirls.

Participants have faced problems with commuting to the facility due to distance, traffic and unpredictable city conditions.

Around 11% of the participants don’t have access to a computer and/or internet at their homes which makes it difficult for them to practice lessons at home.

CodeGirls training facility has limited capacity (both space and infrastructure) for now and can train 220 participants only, every 4 months.

Some students dropped out during the program due to family permission issues, commute issues, school/college commitments and lack of interest in coding.

Way ForwardInternship opportunities for graduating students are

lined up.

Top students from Phase 1 and Phase 2 will receive

a laptop or a tablet as a graduating present.

Phase 1 graduates will be given an opportunity to

enroll for Phase 2 and Phase 2 graduates can enroll

for Phase 3, which will be launched in 2020.

Expand our outreach to local and international tech

industry for both training and infrastructure spon-

sorship and internship opportunities for the future

cohorts.

Hire a CodeGirl!The main goal of our boot camp is get our graduates ready to be part of the tech

industry and for that, we actively collaborate with organizations for placement

opportunities. Help us create a more inclusive tech industry by hiring our excellent

graduates.

Visit: https://codegirls.consulnet.net/hire-a-developer/

Contact UsAll of our kind sponsors will be featured on our website,twitter & Facebook. For more details, please write to

For International Queries

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamimrajani/

[email protected]

+92 321 243 0074 +1 323 218 0097

+92 331 218 3337

Shamim Rajani

[email protected]://www.linkedin.com/in/faizayousuf/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasnain-walji-ph-d-1618944/

Faiza Yousuf

www.codegirls.pro

+ 1 786 505 7861

[email protected]

Hasnain Walji

or

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