The Education Innovation Department (EID) is a support department and delivers a comprehensive, coordinated and integrated academic development service to the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD). EID has the vision to create innovative, high quality educational programmes to position FPD as a leading provider of higher education and training. The five critical performance areas of EID are as follows:
The Education Innovation Department (EID) is responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of internal, donor-funded and commercial academic programmes, including short learning programmes and qualifications. Evaluation forms part of the programme development and quality assurance processes of this Department.
Evaluation of academic programmes and training interventions is a systematic process of collecting information about the teaching and learning activities and materials, which can then be used for guiding decision making and for assessing the relevance and effectiveness of various educational components. Reasons for conducting evaluations on academic programmes and training interventions include:
Monitoring & Evaluation Services offered:
Limpopo Department of Health
Type of programme: Training intervention
Title of project: Evaluation of the NIMART and Paediatric HIV Courses
Triple Eight
Type of programme: Health talk in clinic
Title of project: Evaluation of the Dettol New Mum Programme Evaluation
Johnson and Johnson Foundation
Type of programme: Training intervention
Title of project: Evaluation of the Mental Health Resilience Short Course for health care professionals
Sanofi
Type of programme: Training intervention
Title of project: Evaluation of the South African National Mental Health Education Programme
FPD
Type of programme: Internship
Title of project: Evaluation of the FPD Graduate Internship Programme
Jesuit Refugee Services and FPD
Type of programme: Training intervention
Title of project: Evaluation of the Higher Certifi cate in Management Scholarship Programme
USAID
Type of programme: Scholarship Programme
Title of project: Evaluation of the ASAP Scholarship Programme – Assessment of student satisfaction