Improving Madagascar's Primary Education : A Focus on Schools

This report analyzes the results of research on primary and secondary education in Madagascar in order to identify the school-level factors which have the most influence on student learning and on whether students stay in school. Also included are...

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Main Author: Heneveld, Ward
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/12/1614986/improving-madagascars-primary-education-focus-schools
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spelling okr-10986-100062021-04-23T14:02:48Z Improving Madagascar's Primary Education : A Focus on Schools Heneveld, Ward ACHIEVEMENT ADDITIONAL FUNDS CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DECENTRALIZATION DROPOUT RATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION BUDGET EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL REFORM EDUCATORS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO INSTRUCTION LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL TEACHERS MOTIVATION PARENT PARTICIPATION PARENTS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POPULATION GROWTH PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS QUALITY OF EDUCATION REPETITION SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL COMMITTEES SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS SCHOOL HEADS SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY LEVEL TEACHER TEACHER ATTITUDES TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TEACHERS TEXTBOOKS URBAN AREAS PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION ECONOMIC ANALYSIS PUBLIC FINANCE HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT This report analyzes the results of research on primary and secondary education in Madagascar in order to identify the school-level factors which have the most influence on student learning and on whether students stay in school. Also included are crude estimates of the resources that will be needed and which might be available to invest in providing or establishing these factors by the year 2000. The study combines analyses of quantifiable issues--economic decline, population growth, the size and internal efficiency of the education system, and education financing--with more qualitative concerns--school climate, the teaching/learning process, and the socio-political and cultural context--in order to capture the multi-faceted reality that will shape the future of primary and secondary education in Madagascar. The focus is on schools. The study examines the factors that determine school effectiveness, and the conditions in schools that help children learn. Central to the study are observational case studies of 12 primary sch, 12 junior secondary (CEG), and 12 senior secondary (lycee) schools that a Technical Group from the Ministry of Education conducted in 1993/94. The results of the primary school cases are compared with a 1991 evaluation of students' achievement and the factors that contribute to that achievement and with a forthcoming study on primary school wastage. 2012-08-13T10:07:05Z 2012-08-13T10:07:05Z 1994-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/12/1614986/improving-madagascars-primary-education-focus-schools http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10006 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 29 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Madagascar
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topic ACHIEVEMENT
ADDITIONAL FUNDS
CLASSROOMS
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
DECENTRALIZATION
DROPOUT RATES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION BUDGET
EDUCATION REFORM
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
EDUCATORS
ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
INSTRUCTION
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEARNING MATERIALS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL TEACHERS
MOTIVATION
PARENT PARTICIPATION
PARENTS
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
POPULATION GROWTH
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REPETITION
SCHOOL CLIMATE
SCHOOL COMMITTEES
SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS
SCHOOL HEADS
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY LEVEL
TEACHER
TEACHER ATTITUDES
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
TEACHERS
TEXTBOOKS
URBAN AREAS PRIMARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
PUBLIC FINANCE
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle ACHIEVEMENT
ADDITIONAL FUNDS
CLASSROOMS
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
DECENTRALIZATION
DROPOUT RATES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION BUDGET
EDUCATION REFORM
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
EDUCATORS
ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
INSTRUCTION
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEARNING MATERIALS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL TEACHERS
MOTIVATION
PARENT PARTICIPATION
PARENTS
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
POPULATION GROWTH
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REPETITION
SCHOOL CLIMATE
SCHOOL COMMITTEES
SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS
SCHOOL HEADS
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY LEVEL
TEACHER
TEACHER ATTITUDES
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
TEACHERS
TEXTBOOKS
URBAN AREAS PRIMARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
PUBLIC FINANCE
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Heneveld, Ward
Improving Madagascar's Primary Education : A Focus on Schools
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description This report analyzes the results of research on primary and secondary education in Madagascar in order to identify the school-level factors which have the most influence on student learning and on whether students stay in school. Also included are crude estimates of the resources that will be needed and which might be available to invest in providing or establishing these factors by the year 2000. The study combines analyses of quantifiable issues--economic decline, population growth, the size and internal efficiency of the education system, and education financing--with more qualitative concerns--school climate, the teaching/learning process, and the socio-political and cultural context--in order to capture the multi-faceted reality that will shape the future of primary and secondary education in Madagascar. The focus is on schools. The study examines the factors that determine school effectiveness, and the conditions in schools that help children learn. Central to the study are observational case studies of 12 primary sch, 12 junior secondary (CEG), and 12 senior secondary (lycee) schools that a Technical Group from the Ministry of Education conducted in 1993/94. The results of the primary school cases are compared with a 1991 evaluation of students' achievement and the factors that contribute to that achievement and with a forthcoming study on primary school wastage.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Heneveld, Ward
author_facet Heneveld, Ward
author_sort Heneveld, Ward
title Improving Madagascar's Primary Education : A Focus on Schools
title_short Improving Madagascar's Primary Education : A Focus on Schools
title_full Improving Madagascar's Primary Education : A Focus on Schools
title_fullStr Improving Madagascar's Primary Education : A Focus on Schools
title_full_unstemmed Improving Madagascar's Primary Education : A Focus on Schools
title_sort improving madagascar's primary education : a focus on schools
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/12/1614986/improving-madagascars-primary-education-focus-schools
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10006
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