This project was designed to conduct a research on the declining participation of apprentices in lessons at TVET-Schools in Kabul and Mazar. The research contains both qualitative and quantitative data. The overall objective of this project was to conduct a research on the declining participation of apprentices in lessons at TVET-Schools in Kabul and Mazar. The research will contain both qualitative and quantitative data.  The ultimate goal of this project was to dig deeper into the real reasons about huge drop-out that occurred for the Ostad-Shagerdi program in 2015

OEDA contacted the apprentices as to interview them and conducted focus group discussions school related and profession related. The research project used a mix of different methods for the data collection; i.e. Key informant interviews, administration of Exploratory Sequential data collection tools, and Focus Group discussions. The target groups of key informant interviews were officials of GIZ, DM-TVET, FACT, school administrators, teachers and successful students. The focus group discussions were mainly held for dropout students of each of 6 institutes. Also, the active students/apprentices who have continued to attend the schools/institutes were the participants of data collection sessions. Both data collection methods i.e. KIIs and FGDs were used in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif.