Over the past decade, as Sub-Saharan Africa saw the expansion of universal primary enrollment policies, gender balance in primary school participation improved considerably, with girls now attending school almost at the same rate as boys. Gains in primary school, however, have not carried over to secondary: for every 100 boys, only 82 girls of secondary school age are enrolled across the region, up from 80 in the year 2000.
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Teenage, Married, and Out of School: Effects of early marriage and childbirth on school dropout
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2014
Keywords: Early marriage, attendance, DHS, household survey, teen pregnancy, Southern and Eastern Africa
Long Path to Achieving Education for All: School Access, Retention, and Learning in 20 Countries
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2014
Keywords: Education for all, access, learning, retention, DHS, MICS, SACMEQ, SERCE, PIRLS, PASEC
The last decades have seen an impressive growth in school participation in developing countries. As countries have made remarkable progress towards universal primary school completion, the focus in the development community has shifted to reaching the most disadvantaged populations, and improving the quality of education. Is school access truly universal? And now that most children are in school, do we know whether they are actually learning?
Malawi Out of School Profile
Out of School Children: Data Challenges in Measuring Access to Education
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2013
Keywords: out of school, oosc, data, uis, household survey, dhs, mics measurment, access
Do we know just how many children are out of school around the world?
Out of School Children: Data Challenges in Measuring Access to Education
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2013
Keywords: out of school, oosc, data, uis, household survey, dhs, mics measurment, access
Do we know just how many children are out of school around the world?
Out of School Children: Data Challenges in Measuring Access to Education
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2013
Keywords: out of school, oosc, data, uis, household survey, dhs, mics measurment, access
Do we know just how many children are out of school around the world?
Out of School Children: Data Challenges in Measuring Access to Education
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2013
Keywords: out of school, oosc, data, uis, household survey, dhs, mics measurment, access
Do we know just how many children are out of school around the world?
Malawi Education Trends 2000-2025
EQUIP2 Lessons Learned Synthesis
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2012
Keywords: EQUIP2 Lessons Learned Synthesis, lessons learned, EQUIP2
The USAID-funded EQUIP2 program conducted a series of studies to increase and share knowledge about how projects are designed, implemented, and evaluated, who is involved, what contexts exist, and what approaches enabled or constrained project implementation in an increasingly Ministry-led environment. This paper serves to introduce this complete set of studies , the methodology used to gather and analyze information, and to provide a summary overview of the main lessons learned for leadership, project design, implementation and evaluation.
School Fee Abolition: Parents’ Perspectives
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2012
Keywords: The Effects of School Fee Abolition on Parents, School fees
While substantial evidence indicates that school fees are a barrier to education, little attention has been paid toward the effects of Free Primary Education (FPE) policies, and even less attention has been given to FPE’s effect on parents’ responses, perceptions, and attitudes regarding their child’s education.
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