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A number of obstacles, relating to both supply and demand, bar the way to access to schooling for rural children. Among these obstacles, problems related to teachers are particularly acute: the shortage of teachers, their under-qualification, weak...
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This paper is based on a survey conducted via a questionnaire administered to schools selected according to criteria of effectiveness in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. The principals of these schools were asked to respond, on the...
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n the last decade, local, state and national parent associations (PAs) have become more involved in activities to promote education in Africa, with the growing recognition that PAs are important institutional partners in efforts to support EFA and...
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This study is based on analysis of the situation, role and actions in support of schools of parents' associations and communities in five countries: Burkina Faso, Niger, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal. It examines...
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The critical analysis of the performance of countries in the South towards the achievement of the objectives set at the education For All (AFA) Forum in Dakar confirms that present key concerns remain the necessity of quality education.Very often,...
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2006
A school project is a contractual process through which stakeholders agree to put their educational plans into formal terms in a «school contract that sets forth the school's goals, determines its requirements and the resources needed, and sets...
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Direct assistance to schools is a mechanism in which lump-sum subsidies are granted to all public schools on the basis of a financing formula based on the number of pupils enrolled and the number of classes per school. Once the education ministry...
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2006
This paper reviews the results of these alternative educational solutions since 1995, particularly as regards access and gender parity, and discusses the prospects of taking them to scale.
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This paper addresses a key issue in basic education, the difficulties that children experience adapting to school and attendant high repetition rates in first grade. This will be addressed from two perspectives, the readiness of children as they...
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In a nutshell, quality of education cannot be achieved without addressing the gender dimension. The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) has over the past five years been exploring the concept of a gender responsive school through the...
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