This study looks at UNICEF and the Egyptian MoE’s joint experience in Upper Egypt during the latter half of the 1990s and examines the extent to which community schools successfully provided access, completion, and learning, especially for girls, in three Upper Egypt governorates. The cost and cost-effectiveness of the community schools are compared to government schools.
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Meeting EFA: Egypt Community Schools
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Meeting EFA: Egypt Community Schools, Egypt, Complementary Education Models, Strategies for Achieving EFA
Meeting EFA: Zambia Community Schools
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Meeting EFA: Zambia Community Schools, Zambia, Complementary Education Models, Strategies for Achieving EFA
This case study examines community schools in Zambia in an attempt to assess the contribution they make to meeting the educational needs of students and, in particular, orphans and vulnerable children.
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Meeting EFA: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) Primary Schools
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Meeting EFA: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) Primary Schools, Complementary Education Models, Strategies for Achieving EFA, Bangladesh
This study explores the BRAC Primary Schools (BPS) program through the lens of: 1) Access, completion, and learning; 2) Cost and cost-effectiveness; 3) Quality, covering inputs, teaching and learning, and management; and 4) Policy and the enabling environment.
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Meeting EFA: Afghanistan Home-Based Schools
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Meeting EFA: Afghanistan Home-Based Schools, Complementary Education Models, Strategies for Achieving EFA, Afghanistan
This case study examines the model and outcomes of the home-based schooling (HBS) program developed and implemented by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Afghanistan.
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Meeting EFA: Afghanistan Home-Based Schools
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Meeting EFA: Afghanistan Home-Based Schools, Complementary Education Models, Strategies for Achieving EFA, Afghanistan
This case study examines the model and outcomes of the home-based schooling (HBS) program developed and implemented by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Afghanistan.
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Why Gender Equity in Education Reform?
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Why Gender Equity in Education Reform?, the impact of education across sectors, gender equity
A review of education reform programming finds that female-focused and top-down efforts are only marginally effective. A shift to bottom-up, participatory policymaking, monitoring, and evaluation practices helps assure that gender and education activities are informed by and are responsive to complex social, cultural, political, and economic conditions.
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Strengthening Gender and Education Programming in the 21st Century
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Strengthening Gender and Education Programming in the 21st Century, the impact of education across sectors, Malawi
This paper explores the current status of gender equity in education by examining the USAID-funded Girls’ Attainment in Basic Literacy and Education (GABLE) project in Malawi from 1991 to 2003. It was one of the earliest and most successful efforts to promote a gender parity approach to girls’ education. This study describes some of the project’s positive outcomes and unintended consequences.
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Looking Below the Surface: Reaching the Out of School Children
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Out of school children, school attendance, sub-national regions, development
This working paper is the first in the series of EPDC papers to describe large sub-national school attendance differentials in 30 developing countries. The paper finds that sub-national attendance differentials are correlated with the overall development context within sub-national regions.
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Looking Below the Surface: Reaching the Out of School Children
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Out of school children, school attendance, sub-national regions, development
This working paper is the first in the series of EPDC papers to describe large sub-national school attendance differentials in 30 developing countries. The paper finds that sub-national attendance differentials are correlated with the overall development context within sub-national regions.
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Looking Below the Surface: Reaching the Out of School Children
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Out of school children, school attendance, sub-national regions, development
This working paper is the first in the series of EPDC papers to describe large sub-national school attendance differentials in 30 developing countries. The paper finds that sub-national attendance differentials are correlated with the overall development context within sub-national regions.
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