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This case study examines the impact of World Bank assistance to the education sector in Mali from 1990-2005. It also examines the ways in which government, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and civil society have responded to the enormous challenges in the sector, and suggests a variety of ways in which the support from all actors, and particularly the Bank, can be improved.
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Upon gaining independence a country always perceives education as an essential tool toward development, and one of the major aims of third world countries is to democratize or open up their education systems.
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The Algerian west coast is the prime recipient ofseveral f ofpollution; hence, the necessity for an impact assessment of this coastal pollution using a suite ofrecommended marine biomarkers, including lysosomal membrane stability in living cells by the Neutral Red Retention Time (NRRT) method, the evaluation ofmicronucleus (MN) f requency, and the determination ofacetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, sampled from the large, polluted Oran Harbour (OH) and...
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This book is based on research which explored teacher motivation and incentive issues in 12 countries in South Asia and Sub-Sahara Africa. The book addresses four main questions: (1) To what extent is there a problem of poor motivation among teachers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia? Does this amount to a 'crisis', as has been suggested by some observers? (2) If so, what are the main reasons for poor teacher motivation? (3) How do poor motivation and incentives affect teacher performance...
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In regional context, South African students benefit from above average levels of public and private education resources. However, their performance on international tests – including SACMEQII (Southern African Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality, 2000) – is extremely weak. The first part of the paper positions South Africa within southern and eastern Africa on the basis of SACMEQII Grade 6 mathematics test scores. Hierarchical linear modelling techniques are then employed to model...
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In 2006, Unesco contracted two universities to research African journalism schools, Rhodes University's School of Journalism and Media Studies (RU) and Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Lille (ESJ). The major outcome of the research was intended to be a list of potential Centres of Excellence in African journalism education. However, to reach this point, two preliminary stages were required: first, to map the universe of African schools, and second, to define the criteria and indicators for...
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In 2006, Unesco contracted two universities to research African journalism schools, Rhodes University's School of Journalism and Media Studies (RU) and Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Lille (ESJ). The major outcome of the research was intended to be a list of potential Centres of Excellence in African journalism education. However, to reach this point, two preliminary stages were required: first, to map the universe of African schools, and second, to define the criteria and indicators for...
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This paper examines the problematic construction of amputee identity in Sierra Leone society after the decade long civil war through discourses and imagery of amputees presented in the media. Empowerment by NGO’s and other charities lead to a reaffirmation of amputee identity in which notions of class, ethnicity, and age may not play a big role, but gender certainly remains a relevant cultural marker.
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The political dynamic in late colonial Tanganyika offered nationalists explosive choices which laid bare popular and official understandings about the relationship between citizenship, education, and race. In the dialectical encounter between colonialism and nationalism, certain categories like religion, race, and ethnicity became the political bulwark of colonial power. This chapter looks at the changing intersections of state policy on education, nationalist sentiments, and racialised...
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Ghana has adopted a poverty reduction strategy that emphasizes on an increased focus on poverty reduction in the design and implementation of its policies. The study uses the Ghana Living Standard Survey 4 data for the year 1998-99. It disaggregates the sample into five categories of households, namely agricultural farmers, public sector employees, private sector employees, non-farm self-employed, and non-working. The study identifies the level of education of these households according to...
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In response to extensive corruption in the education sector, the Government of Uganda began to publish newspaper ads on the timing and amount of funds disbursed to the districts. The intent of the campaign was to boost schools' and parents' ability to monitor the local officials in charge of disbursing funds to the schools. The mass information campaign was successful. But since newspaper penetration varies greatly across districts, the exposure to information about the program, and thus...
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Very poor people are often considered ignorant and even incapable of thinking, because they have had no opportunity to gain skill in expression through education. The experience of contempt and exclusion is deep among the poorest, whether they live in rich or poor countries, and it often prevents them from participating in social programs. This note provides a summary of a study on access to health care conducted by the International Movement ATD Fourth World in Madagascar, with the aim to...
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BOATENG, BEATRICE A., Ph.D., March 2007, Instructional Technology TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION: A CRITICAL SOCIAL EXAMINATION OF A RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN GHANA (230 pp.) Director of Dissertation: Teresa J. Franklin Research on the use of computers in Ghanaian schools indicates that there is a concentration of use in urban schools while rural schools continue to lag behind. This study examined how computers and related technology were used in a rural school in the Central Region of Ghana, Twifo...