The drive for school libraries in South Africa: intersections and connections [PDF]
, 2015 This paper traces the important developments in school librarianship in South Africa since 2007, during which time the drive to address huge backlogs in school library provision has gained momentum - largely, it argues, from the intersections of two ...
Hart, Genevieve, Zinn, Sandy
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Africa's Skill Tragedy: Does Teachers' Lack of Knowledge Lead to Low Student Performance? [PDF]
, 2015 Student performance in Sub-Saharan Africa is tragically low. We study the importance of teacher subject knowledge for student performance in this region using unique international assessment data for sixth-grade students and their teachers. To circumvent
Bietenbeck, Jan +2 more
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A Millennium Learning Goal: Measuring Real Progress in Education [PDF]
The Millennium Development Goal for primary schooling completion has focused attention on a measurable output indicator to monitor increases in schooling in poor countries.
Amer Hasan, Deon Filmer, Lant Pritchett
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Working Paper 110 - Education and Employment in Malawi [PDF]
This paper analyzes the relationship betweeneducation and employment in Malawi, usingdata from the 2004-05 Integrated HouseholdSurvey (IHS-2). For both men and women,education is the passport to formalemployment and leads to higher hourlyearnings. Within
Marco Stampini +2 more
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Role of socioeconomic and parental involvement factors on children foundational learning skills based on MICS (2017-2018) data Punjab, Pakistan. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Kamal A +6 more
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South Africa’s economics of education: A stocktaking and an agenda for the way forward [PDF]
The paper reviews some of the existing economics of education literature from the perspective of South Africa’s education policymaking needs. It also puts forward a suggested research agenda for future work.
Martin Gustafsson, Thabo Mabogoane
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Geographic and gender disparities in global education achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Int J Appl Earth Obs Geoinf, 2022 Wu M, Yu Q, Li SL, Zhang L.
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アフリカ7ヵ国における初等教育就学児童の読解力の男女間格差に関する統計的考察 : 教育の質調査のための南アフリカ諸国連合(SACMEQ)の調査結果から
, 2000 The Southern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) is a network of 15 Ministries of Education (and Culture) in Sub-saharan Africa that undertakes educational policy research focused on providing information that will lead to improved decision-making with respect to planning the quality of education.
Saito, Mioko, Kuroda, Kazuo
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Achieving education for all: How much does money matter? [PDF]
This paper explores the extent to which differences in the resources allocated to education explain differences in educational access and performance across countries.
Al-Samarrai, Samer
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Researching education outcomes in Burundi, Malawi, Senegal and Uganda: using participatory tools and collaborative approaches : The Improving Learning Outcomes in Primary Schools (ILOPS) Project | Project methodology [PDF]
, 2010 In January 2008, ActionAid, Dr Karen Edge (IOE) and partners in Burundi, Malawi, Uganda and Senegal studied the role of parents and teachers in enhancing learning outcomes.
Archer, David +3 more
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