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Although still somewhat behind expectations, overall literacy rates have more than doubled since 1970. The gender parity index has risen from around 0.45 to 0.75. Analysis of the trends associated with these advances reveals new strategies based on...
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2006
This study examines the characteristics of school management in 16 schools located in four African countries (Guinea, Mali, Central African Republic and Senegal). Despite difficult conditions, these schools obtained higher pass rates than other...
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2006
Presentation of the EFA Monitoring Report on Literacy in Africa by Nicolas Burnett, Director of the EFA Monitoring Report with an introduction by Peter Smith, ADG Education / UNESCO
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2006
The presentation is primarily based on a review of African experiences of bilingual education. This research is an integral part of the follow-up activities to the 2003 Biennale on improving the quality of education through the use of African...
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2006
This paper is an explication of how the African Virtual University (AVU) has implemented a Teacher Education Program. The project is meant to train teachers in mathematics, science and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)...
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2006
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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2006
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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2006
The aim of the seminar was to stimulate the debate over the development of curricula meeting the current and future needs of African contexts. More specifically, it sought to identify and analyze the challenges raised by such a process, the...
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2006
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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2006
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
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