Gambia
This report is designed to identify the capabilities, contextual environment and resources impacting on the effective management of EMIS and planning in ministries of education in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region. These...
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Study
Year
2011
Under the agenda of Vision 2020, the Gambia offered increased access to early childhood development (ECD) through centers attached to lower basic schools, using an integrated approach that took into account health, nutrition, water and sanitation,...
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Book
Year
2012
The Gambia has been providing nine years of uninterrupted education, exclusive of the pre-school years. A major challenge posed by these shifts has been to diffuse and reconcile, in a sustained manner, the tensions between expanding access to all...
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Conference paper
Year
2008
As part of an Education For All (EFA) 2000 Assessment, the Gambia conducted a Monitoring of Learning Achievement (MLA) study to assess the condition that may influence learning. The study sought to answer why private schools performed better then...
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Book
Year
2005
This report reproduces papers presented at the symposium. The first part looks at theoretical issues and presents findings of a research carried out in Burkina Faso on indicators to measure the effectiveness of the right to education. The second...
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electronic only
Year
2005
The provision of relevant, good quality, affordable school textbooks is a key educational objective. Yet few children have access to the books they need in order to underpin effective learning. Despite funding agency contributions, free textbook...
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Book
Year
1998
New ground is broken in providing case studies of an under-researched aspect of policy. Research conducted in five African countries (Gambia, Madagascar, Namibia, Senegal and Zambia) examines, within a cost-effective framework, the advantages and...
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Book
Year
1997