Monitoring and Evaluation Tools and Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse in Rwanda: A Case of Nyarugenge District

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to establish the extent of M&E tools and prevention of drug and substance abuse in Nyagenge District, Rwanda. The specific objectives of the research were to establish the extent to which the use of Strategic Plan on prevention of drug and Substance Abuse in Nyarugenge district, to assess the extent to which Logical Framework to the prevention of drug and substance abuse in Nyarugenge district, too evaluate extent to which Budget in the prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse in Nyarugenge district and to assess the extent to which stakeholders analysis on the prevention of Drug and Substance in Nyarugenge District, Rwanda. The descriptive research design with a mixed approach of qualitative and quantitative was used to collect data by use of interview guide and questionnaire. All 168 target population was considered as sample size of the study from the staffs of Nyarugenge District involved in program implementation. The census method was applied. The collected results were analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 26.0, inferential statistics were conducted. The results on the extent of Strategic Plan is used on program of Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention, the overall means of results was 4.17 that was between High (4) and Very High (5), which indicated that the Strategic Plan was significantly used on program of Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention. On the extent of Logical Framework to the program of Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention, the overall means of results was 4.24, which indicated that the Logical Framework was significant to the program of Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention. On the extent of stakeholders’ analysis in the program of Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention, the overall means of results was 4.24, which indicated that the extent of stakeholders’ analysis was significant in the program of Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention. On the extent of which Budget in the program of Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention for Young People behavior, the overall means of results was 4.04, it presented that extent of which Budget was significant in the program of Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention. the relationship between (extent that the strategic plan was used, extent of logical framework, extent of stakeholders’ analysis, and extent of which budget) and program of drug and substance abuse prevention for young people behavior was .919**, .923**, and .902**, .895** respectively, and the results showed that the variables were statistically significant with F=185.419 and P-value =.000b, which concluded that there was a significant relationship between the Extent to Which M&E Tools on Program of Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention for Young people behavior in Nyarugenge District, Rwanda. The researcher recommended that the government administrations should continue to develop how they implement the strategies of preventing the drug and substance abuse for youth. Keywords: Monitoring and Evaluation Practices, Prevention of Drug Abuse and Substance, Rwanda