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June 2008National Survey of School Directors SEE– Educational Support Program OSIGfK Custom Research
National Survey of School Directors SEE– Educational Support Program OSIJune 2008
June 2008National Survey of School Directors SEE– Educational Support Program OSIGfK Custom Research
Content
SamplingA
Fieldwork by CountriesB
June 2008National Survey of School Directors SEE– Educational Support Program OSIGfK Custom Research
SamplingA
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• Sampling design is Stratified Random Sample.
• Stratification by region is done to reflect regional distribution in the population of schools.
• Urban/rural distribution in the sample is proportional to distribution of schools in the
population.
• Inside given cells (region/area) choice of schools is made randomly.
• Schools that are selected for the sample but refused to participate were replaced by
another randomly selected school from the same municipality.
• Sample is drawn through SPSS software, with Complex Samples procedure.
• In BiH sample is disproportional due to specific characteristics of the educational system,
which differs among regions. There is small number of schools with Croatian NP and in
order to include sufficient number of schools with Croatian NP (national group of subjects/
curriculum) proportion in the population was not kept.
Sampling
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Sample
Country Universe Sample size Regions
Albania 1484 300 4 (North, South, Centre, Tirana)
BiH 612 237 3 (Serbian majority, Bosnian majority, Croatian majority)
Kosovo 523 225 3 (Centre, Southeast, West)
Macedonia 358 200 5 (Skopje, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest)
Montenegro 161 145 Census
Serbia 1209 200 4 (Belgrade, West, East, Vojvodina)
June 2008National Survey of School Directors SEE– Educational Support Program OSIGfK Custom Research
Fieldowork by CountriesB
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June 2008National Survey of School Directors SEE– Educational Support Program OSIGfK Custom Research
Albania
• Preparations were concluded on time and fieldwork had to be extended with 3 days.
• Problems:
Unwillingness of the schools to participate, without written approval form the
Ministry of Education (District Directorates).
Interviewers were not allowed by the security guards to enter the building of the
school.
Due to low penetration of telephone services, it was not possible to schedule
interviews, interviewers had to go in some cases several times to the schools.
Problems and rejections occurred less often in smaller communities, where people know
each other and are less suspicious.
• How do we solved the problems?
- BIG THANK YOU! to Mr. Musai for his timely intervention.
- Interviewers were instructed to give contacts from the Ministry of Education and District
Directorates to the directors if they would like to check if the survey is really
supported by them.
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Albania
Rejection
s
Region Urban Rural Reason
North 5 21 Refusing to participate without written letter form the ministry, even though second time were given contacts (just stayed by the rejection)
South 2 6
Centre 15 15
Tirana 9 28
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Preparations and fieldwork were concluded on time.
• Problems:
Regarding scheduling of the interviews
- End of the school year, the directors had more duties than usual - meetings had to be
rescheduled in some cases several times, directors were not at school for the
(re)scheduled meeting - interviewers waiting for more than an hour for
them to show up.
- directors absent for longer time – excursions, sick leaves.
- In remote areas because of the above mentioned reasons interviewers had to travel
longer distances several times.
Problems regarding wrong telephone numbers, broken telephone lines.
In several cases the directors didn’t know some of the data and asked for help the school
secretary, the school psychologist, teachers.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Generally the interviews were evaluated as interesting, directors were willing to share
opinions and experiences, but also expressed opinion not being sure that all this work will
bring some results.
• Some directors were pointed out by the interviewers as very kind, continued to discuss the
subject and their problems after the end of the interview.
• Some directors expressed the opinion that there is too much politics in the schools -
decisions about school programmes and plans and election of directors (scared about their
own positions). Some being suspicious towards the interviewers, thinking that there is
some hidden goal of this interview.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rejection
s
Region Urban
Rural Reasons
Serbian NP 6 0 Rejection in 3 schoolsDirector absent for longer period in 3 schools
Bosnian NP 2 3 Rejection in 1 school - urbanDirector absent for longer period in 2 schools - 1rural, 1 urban2 schools were part of pilot study and didn’t want to participate again - rural
Croatian NP
1 1 Rejection in 1 school – ruralDirector too busy – urban (interview was scheduled)
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Kosovo
• Preparations and fieldwork were concluded on time.
• Problems:
In few cases, where due to the lack of time directors were unable to make it for the
scheduled appointment.
Lack of contacts for some of the rural settlements – more time needed for recruitment.
In several cases interviewers needed give additional explanations regarding the parenting
services provided by the school authority, as well as a possible misconception about the
parents’ initiatives - Some parenting services were reported to be provided by the school
authorities and when asked about the specific services and the target groups, it turned out
that they are actually done during the regular meetings (each semester) of the class-
teachers with the parents and not as an organized and conventional form of sessions.
• Directors generally were cooperative and very willing to accept the interviewers for the
survey.
• Common observation was that the motivation of the school directors, as well as of the
teachers working in the school were highly correlated with the engagement of the
community in the school activities.• 2 Schools with Goranian minority – interviews conducted in Serbian
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Kosovo
Region Urban
Rural Reasons
Centre 0 1 Rejection to participate
West 0 3 Director absent for longer period in 1 school2 school closed (less than 10 pupils)
Southeast
0 1 Director absent for longer period
Rejection
s
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Macedonia
• Preparations and fieldwork were concluded on time.
• Problems:
Regarding scheduling of the interviews
- End of the school year, pre elections period, the directors had more duties than usual -
meetings had to be rescheduled in some cases several times, directors were not at
school for the (re)scheduled meeting - interviewers waiting for more than an hour in
front of the offices.
• Few cases of rejection, generally directors were cooperative and very willing to accept
the interviewers for the survey. In rural areas directors seem to be more open for
cooperation than in urban areas.
• Each school received a present – a sponge and a box of chalks. Presents were accepted
well, as a gesture of kindness. In most of the schools the presents were given after the
interviews, so it didn’t have influence on the willingness for cooperation. In the few cases
where it was given before the interview it contributed to a more cooperative atmosphere.
- Presents were especially welcomed in some villages where they had shortage.
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Macedonia
Region Urban
Rural Reasons
Skopje 4 0 Rejection in 2 schoolsDirector too busy - 1 school
Director absent for longer period
Northwest
2 4 Director absent for longer period in 4 schools, ruralDirector too busy - 2 schools, urban
Southeast 0 0
Southwest
0 1 Not having trust in the survey
Northeast 2 0 Director too busy
Rejection
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Montenegro
• Preparations concluded on time, fieldwork extended with 3 days.
• Problems:
Regarding scheduling of the interviews
- End of the school year, the directors had more duties than usual - meetings had to be
rescheduled in some cases several times, directors were not at school for the
(re)scheduled meeting - interviewers waiting for more than an hour for
them to show up.
- Directors absent for longer time – excursions, sick leaves.
- Problems regarding wrong telephone numbers, lack of contacts.
- Hard to reach schools – remote areas, no contacts. In some cases the interviewers
travelled 60km and the director was not available
National holiday which was celebrated 3 days.
• In many cases the directors were unkind and was very hard to schedule interviews.
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Montenegro
Region Urban
Rural Reasons
Montenegro
1 16 Director too busy - 5 schools (1 urban, 4rural)Wrong number, no number, contact – 12 schools
Rejection
s
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Serbia
• Preparations concluded on time, fieldwork extended with 3 days.
• Problems:
Regarding scheduling of the interviews
- End of the school year, pre election/election period, schools were voting centres. The
directors had more duties than usual - meetings had to be rescheduled in some
cases several times, directors were not at school for the (re)scheduled
meeting - interviewers waiting for more than an hour for them to show up.
Exception is Vojvodina where directors who agreed to participate were available at the
scheduled time.
- Directors absent for longer time – excursions, sick leaves, school closed for some
event.
- Hard to reach some of the schools – remote areas, rural areas. In most of the cases
the interviewers travelled to these remote schools in some cases the directors
were interviewed at a regional centre.
- In Vojvodina of great help was the intervention of the OSI team, who trough Teachers
Union helped in making it possible to get in touch with some directors.
- In East Serbia around 70% of the interviews were scheduled thanks to personal
contacts (interviewer knowing the director or being recommended)
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Serbia
- Difficulties in scheduling interviews also came form the lack of interest form directors’
side.
• In Western region one interview was interrupted by the director in the middle with the
comment that the interview has no sense and signed the questionnaire.
• In many cases directors had difficulties in defining the groups of parents.
• Generally the directors, who agreed to participate were kind and open for cooperation. A
lot of things that was said were not covered with the questionnaire – for instance
explanations why they have problems with parents of problematic children.
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Serbia
Region Urban
Rural Reasons
Belgrade 9 3 Rejection in 5 schools (3 urban, 2 rural)Director too busy - 7 school (6 urban, 1 rural)
East Serbia
8 3 Rejection in 7 schools (4 urban, 3 rural)Director too busy - 4 school, urban
West Serbia
1 12 Rejection in 4 schools, ruralDirector too busy in 9 school (1 urban, 8 rural)
Vojvodina 7 3 Rejection in 6 schools (3 urban, 3 rural)Director too busy in 4 schools, urban
Rejection
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