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Evaluating TinkerHub's maker programmes
- Partner
- TinkerHub
- Where
- Kochi, Kerala
- When
- 2025–26
- Kind of work
- Impact assessment
Impact evaluations for TinkerHub, Kerala's creator community for students, using control groups to see what its programmes change, including a 13-point jump in women's confidence with technology after TinkHerHack.
Why
TinkerHub has helped thousands of students across Kerala become makers, innovators and lifelong learners, ready for a changing job market. As it grows, it wants to know which of its programmes make the biggest difference, and for whom.
What we did
We support TinkerHub with research and monitoring and evaluation. Our evaluations use quasi-experimental methods, including control groups, so that changes can be credited to the programme rather than to chance.
For TinkHerHack 4.0, a hackathon for women students, we surveyed participants before and after the event.
What came of it
- Confidence with technology problem-solving rose by 13 percentage points, and confidence in building a prototype by 17.
- 93% of participants would recommend the event to their peers, and 71% planned to keep working on their projects.
- Participants who lacked family support for a career in technology also tended to lack a laptop and reliable internet: a reminder that interest alone does not decide who takes part.
