Facing Forward: Schooling for Learning in Africa - Couverture souple

Bashir, Sajitha; Lockheed, Marlaine; Dulvy, Elizabeth Ninan; Tan, Jee-Peng

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1464812608 ISBN 13 : 9781464812606

Editeur : World Bank Publications, 2018

Synopsis

This book lays out a range of policy and implementation actions that are needed for countries in sub-Saharan Africa to meet the challenge of improving learning while expanding access and completion of basic education for all. It underscores the importance of aligning the education system to be relentlessly focused on learning outcomes and to ensuring that all children have access to good schools, good learning materials, and good teachers. It is unique in characterizing countries according to the challenges they faced in the 1990s and the educational progress they have made over the past 25 years. The authors review the global literature and contribute their extensive new analyses of multiple datasets from over three dozen countries in the region. They integrate findings about what affects children's learning, access to schooling, and progress through basic education. The book examines four areas to help countries better align their systems to improve learning: completing the unfinished agenda of reaching universal basic education with quality; ensuring effective management and support of teachers; targeting spending priorities and budget processes on improving quality; and closing the institutional capacity gap. It concludes with an assessment of how future educational progress may be affected by projected fertility rates and economic growth. The primary audience for this book are policy makers in Africa, practitioners, and partners concerned about building the knowledge capital of Sub-Saharan Africa.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The World Bank came into formal existence in 1945 following the international ratification of the Bretton Woods agreements. It is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The organization's activities are focused on education, health, agriculture and rural development, environmental protection, establishing and enforcing regulations, infrastructure development, governance and legal institutions development. The World Bank is made up of two unique development institutions owned by its 185 Member Countries. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) focuses on middle income and creditworthy poor countries and the International Development Association (IDA), which focuses on the poorest countries in the world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: World Bank Publications
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1464812608
• ISBN 13: 9781464812606
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 408
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