Senegal : School Autonomy and Accountability

Senegal has accelerated the decentralization of education since 1996. Budgetary autonomy is latent. Autonomy over the management of operational budgets has been delegated to the communes, but salaries for teachers are managed at the central level....

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION BARRIER BASIC EDUCATION CIVIL SERVICE CLASSROOMS COMMUNITIES DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION DEGREES EDUCATION ENROLLMENTS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES EDUCATIONAL QUALITY FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM GRADE LEVELS GRADUATE STUDIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEMS LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LOCAL SCHOOLS MANUALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICIES NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NUMBER OF TEACHERS PARENT INVOLVEMENT PARENT PARTICIPATION PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE PRIMARY EDUCATION ENROLLMENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRINCIPALS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ON EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHING RESEARCH INSTITUTE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL AUTONOMY SCHOOL BUDGETS SCHOOL COUNCIL SCHOOL COUNCILS SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL DIRECTORS SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL GOVERNANCE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PERSONNEL SCHOOL PROJECT SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SOCIETY SPORTS STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS STUDENT ENROLLMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHER TEACHER HIRING TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER TENURE TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING STAFF TEST SCORES TRADE UNIONS TRAINING NEEDS TRANSFER OF TEACHERS UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO PRIMARY UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/18104117/senegal-school-autonomy-accountability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17671

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Summary:	Senegal has accelerated the decentralization of education since 1996. Budgetary autonomy is latent. Autonomy over the management of operational budgets has been delegated to the communes, but salaries for teachers are managed at the central level. Autonomy in personnel management is latent. Both school directors and teachers are appointed at the central level. The role of the school councils in school governance is latent. There are two types of standardized student assessments, one at the national and one at the departmental level. The government spent 6 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009 and 19 percent of its overall budget on education in 2008. School autonomy and accountability are key components of an education system that ensure educational quality. The transfer of core managerial responsibilities to schools promotes local accountability; helps reflect local priorities, values, and needs; and gives teachers the opportunity to establish a personal commitment to students and their parents. There are five policy goals for school autonomy and accountability. Below are the main indicators that can help benchmarking an education system's policies that enable school autonomy and accountability: school autonomy in the planning and management of the school budget; school autonomy in personnel management; role of the school council in school governance; school and student assessments; and accountability. This report focuses specifically on policies in the area of school autonomy and accountability.

Senegal : School Autonomy and Accountability

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