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Teachers for rural schools : experiences in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda
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Data for recent years show a turnaround in education: the gross enrollment rate in Sub-Saharan Africa increased from 78 percent in 1998 99 to 84 percent in 2000 01 and to 91 percent in 2002 03, ref...
Data for recent years show a turnaround in education: the gross enrollment rate in Sub-Saharan Africa increased from 78 percent in 1998 99 to 84 percent in 2000 01 and to 91 percent in 2002 03, reflecting broad-based growth in access not seen since the 1970's. However, key challenges remain, including (a) enrolling the last 10 15 percent of out-of-school children, including a growing number of HIV/AIDS orphans (one of every 10 African children by 2010); (b) improving learning outcomes; and (c) reducing dropout. Maintaining progress will require continuing the reforms to (a) implement cost-effect...
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- 1st ed
- Washington, DC : World Bank, 2008
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- xiv, 119 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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- 1281385808, 9786611385804, 082137480X, 0821374796
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- ocn235954535
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-112) and index.
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- Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; CHAPTER 1. TEACHER DEPLOYMENT, UTILIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT: POLICY AND PRACTICE; Figure 1.1 Gross Enrollment Rate in Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960-2002; Table 1.1 Summary of Rural-Urban Differences in Schooling in Five Countries; Table 1.2 Teachers and Training in Mozambique, by Province, 2004; Table 1.3 School Data in Malawi, by Urban or Rural Location, 2004; Table 1.4 School Data for Six Rural Zones in Malawi, 2004
- Table 1.5 Percentage of Unqualified Teachers in Lesotho, by Gender and Ecological Zone, 2004 Table 1.6 Teacher Data for Nine Rural Schools in Lesotho, 2005; Box 1.1 Example of a Teacher Deployment Dilemma; Table 1.7 Incentives to Encourage Teachers to Move to Rural Areas, 2005; Box 1.2 The Challenge of Efficient Utilization in Small Schools; CHAPTER 2. COUNTRY REPORT: LESOTHO; Figure 2.1 Number of Teachers Recruited Annually, 1985-2004; Table 2.1 Projected Demand for Teachers in Lesotho, 2005-30; Table 2.2 Percentage of Teachers and Pupils Who Are Female, by Location, 2004
- Table 2.3 Attrition of Primary School Teachers, by Cause and Data Source, 2004 Table 2.4 HIV Infection Rates in Lesotho; Table 2.5 Qualified Teachers, 1999-2003; Table 2.6 Size of Primary Schools, by District, 2004; Table 2.7 Percentage of Unqualified Teachers, by Gender and Location, 2004; Table 2.8 Teacher Supply in Nine Rural Schools, 2004; Table 2.9 Percentage of Repeaters, by Gender and Location, 2004; Table 2.10 Test Scores for Lesotho, by Location, 2001; Table 2.11 Annual Salaries for Primary School Teachers, 2005; Table 2.12 National Expenditure on Education, 2004
- Table 2.13 Composition of Management and Advisory School Committees CHAPTER 3. COUNTRY REPORT: MALAWI; Table 3.1 Projected Demand for Teachers in Malawi, 2004-15; Table 3.2 Teachers' Level of Educational Attainment, 2004; Table 3.3 Teachers Qualified under the Malawi Integrated In-service Teacher Education Programme; Table 3.4 Number and Training of Qualified Teachers, 2004; Table 3.5 Estimated Supply of Trained Teachers, 2004-10; Table 3.6 Teacher Attrition, 2004; Table 3.7 Teacher Death Rate, 1995-2004; Table 3.8 Teaching Posts and Training, 2000-04
- Figure 3.1 Estimated Demand for and Supply of Trained Teachers, 2005-15 Table 3.9 Estimated Supply of Trained Teachers, 2005-15; Table 3.10 Estimated Supply of and Demand for Qualified Teachers, 2005-15; Table 3.11 Teacher Salaries (Annual) by Pay Grade, 2005; Table 3.12 Breakdown of Teachers by Grade, 2004; Table 3.13 Teacher Salaries and the National Budget, 2005; Table 3.14 Schools, Teachers, and Pupil-Teacher Ratios, by Location, 2004; Table 3.15 Location of Teachers, by Level of Education, 2004; Table 3.16 Gender of Teachers, by Location, 2004
- Table 3.17 Differences in Characteristics among Select Rural Zones, 2004