Improving school management in low and middle income countries: A systematic review. [PDF]
Econ Educ Rev, 2023 Anand G +4 more
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What we can learn from a comparison of the schooling systems of South Africa and Argentina [PDF]
An existing accounting framework to describe an education system is elaborated and used as a framework for understanding and comparing the resource allocation policies of the South African and Argentinean schooling systems. The comparison highlights how,
Alejandro Morduchowicz +1 more
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When do textbooks matter for achievement? Evidence from African primary schools
, 2013 International audienceUsing a within-student analysis, we find no average impact of textbook access (ownership or sharing) on primary school achievement.
Kuecken, Maria, Valfort, Marie-Anne
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A systems perspective on early childhood development education in South Africa. [PDF]
Int J Child Care Educ Policy, 2022 Venter L.
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Managing the teacher pay system: What the local and international data are telling us [PDF]
A review of a few input-output models indicates the importance of teacher ability, which may be independent of years of training, for improving pupil performance. A historical analysis confirms the substantial pay increases experienced by teachers in the
Firoz Patel, Martin Gustafsson
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Constraints to growth in Malawi [PDF]
This paper applies a growth diagnostics approach to identify the most binding constraints to private-sector growth in Malawi - a small, landlocked country in Southern Africa with one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world.
Hanmer, Lucia, Lea, Nicholas
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Evaluating the awareness and knowledge of dyslexia among primary school teachers in Tshwane District, South Africa. [PDF]
Afr J Disabil, 2022 Makgato MM +4 more
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Tuition fees and the challenge of making higher education a popular commodity in South Africa [PDF]
, 2012 The funding of higher education in South Africa has in the recent past been a subject of animated debate. This debate has ranged from the adequacy of government funding of higher education, the suitability of the funding framework, to protestations ...
Wangenge-Ouma, Gerald
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Measuring human capital using global learning data. [PDF]
Nature, 2021 Angrist N +3 more
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The Role of School Resources and National Educational Context in Student Learning Gains: Comparing Botswana, Kenya and South Africa [PDF]
, 2015 We take an innovative approach to estimating student mathematics learning in the sixth grade of three African countries. The study reinforces the notion that beyond the quality of the teaching process in classrooms, national contextual factors are ...
Carnoy, M, Ngware, M, Oketch, MO
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