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Evaluating the quality of education is a complex undertaking that remains uncommon in African countries. Indeed, comparative data conveying a precise idea of the situation as to the quality of education in Africa are still only very rarely available...
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As part of the Education For All (EFA) 2000 Assessment, The Gambia conducted a Monitoring of Learning Achievement (MLA) study to assess children's learning achievement and the conditions that may influence learning. It focused on investigating...
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Control over the "statistics chain" is the essential component for successful steering of any education system. Since 1997, the SISED/NESIS has worked on the promotion and development of methodological and technical tools designed to help...
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The rationale for, and experience with, the use of assessment to improve the quality of education in African education systems over the past two decades are described for four categories of assessment: (i) public examinations, (ii) national...
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The main strategies advocated in this paper are policy reforms that address a cross-section of the given factors. Such strategies are like waiving off school fees; involvement of the local communities in problem identification, planning for and...
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Three years ago, at the World Education Forum in Dakar, all countries of Sub Saharan Africa reaffirmed their commitment to the goals of learning and completion of basic education for all. Most education systems in the region are far from reaching...
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By ABBADI, Naima
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