title: The Czech government scholarship programme for students from developing countries--evaluation findings and policy reflections.
abstract: In Czech Republic there is a long tradition of providing tertiary scholarships to students from developing countries. The government scholarship programme started in the 1950s already as a part of the Czechoslovak technical assistance to countries in the South. Even though the programme left tens of thousands of graduates all over the world, the recent programme evaluation has revealed that it is characterised by a relatively poor performance. This article brings forward the main outcomes of the programme evaluation, highlights the policy recommendations and summarises policy reflections that occurred following the evaluation. The programme evaluation was done under unfavourable circumstances and could be accordingly defined as 'shoestring evaluation'. The restrictions and their influence on evaluation outcomes are discussed in article, too.
authors.affiliation: Department of International Business, Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address: tereza.nemeckova@mup.cz.
authors.forename: Tereza
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Němečková
authors.affiliation: Centre for Global Development, London, UK. Electronic address: pkrylova@cgdev.org.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krylová
authors.forename: Ondřej
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Horký -Hlucháň
authors.forename: Jiří
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hejkrlík
authors.forename: Klementína
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jílkova
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Developing countries; Programme evaluation; Scholarship programmes; Shoestring evaluation; Tertiary education