Expanding Opportunities for South African Youth through Math and Science : The Impact of Dinaledi Program

Expanding Opportunities for South African Youth through Math and Science : The Impact of Dinaledi Program

In 2001, the Government of South Africa launched the Dinaledi Schools program, aimed at increasing the number of African and Indian secondary students entering and succeeding in mathematics and physical sciences Senior Certificate exams. The Dinale...

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Main Authors: Blum, Jurgen, Krishnan, Nandini, Legovini, Arianna
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
ACCESS TO QUALITY SCHOOLING
ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION
ADOLESCENTS
APARTHEID LEGACY
AVERAGE ENROLMENT RATE
AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
BINDING
BLACK STUDENTS
CALL
CAREER
CAREER GUIDANCE
CLASS SIZES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
CURRICULUM
DEGREES
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION REFORM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATORS
EIGHTH-GRADERS
EMPLOYMENT
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATES
ENROLMENT GROWTH
ENROLMENT RATE
ENROLMENT RATES
ENROLMENT TRENDS
ENROLMENTS
ETHNIC COMPOSITION
ETHNIC GROUPS
EXAM
EXAMS
FEMALE ENROLMENT
FEMALE ENROLMENTS
FEMALE LEARNERS
FEMALE STUDENTS
FINAL GRADE
GENDER COMPOSITION
GENDER IMBALANCES
GRADE EXAMS
HEAD START
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER GRADE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN SCIENCES
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INITIAL ENROLMENT
INSTRUCTION
INTERVENTIONS
JOB TRAINING
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
LABOUR MARKET
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
LANGUAGE TEACHERS
LEARNERS
LEARNING
LEARNING MATERIALS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LITERATURE
LOW ENROLMENT
MALE ENROLMENTS
MATHEMATICS TEXTBOOKS
MEDICAL DOCTORS
MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
NATIONAL SCHOOL
NET ENROLMENT
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NUMERACY
PAPERS
PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS
PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
PERSISTENT INEQUALITIES
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PROVISION OF TEXTBOOKS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
QUALIFIED TEACHERS
QUALITY OF TEACHING
QUALITY TEXTBOOKS
RATE OF STUDENTS
SCHOOL ENROLMENTS
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
SCHOOL POPULATION
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL STATUS
SCHOOL SURVEYS
SCHOOL TYPES
SCHOOL VISITS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT
SCIENCE EDUCATION
SCIENCE TEACHERS
SECONDARY CERTIFICATE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY PUPILS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SECONDARY STUDENTS
SMALL SCHOOLS
SMALLER NUMBER
STATE EDUCATION
STUDENT BODY
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS
SUBJECTS
SYSTEMIC SCHOOL REFORM
TARGET SCHOOLS
TEACHER
TEACHER RECRUITMENT
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING MATERIALS
TEACHING RESOURCES
TEACHING STAFF
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
TEST SCORES
TEXTBOOK
TEXTBOOK PROVISION
TEXTBOOKS
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
TRAINING PROGRAMME
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
TRAINING SCHOOLS
TYPES OF SCHOOLS
UNEQUAL ACCESS
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
YOUTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/19629909/expanding-opportunities-south-african-youth-through-math-science-impact-dinaledi-program
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19009
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Summary:In 2001, the Government of South Africa launched the Dinaledi Schools program, aimed at increasing the number of African and Indian secondary students entering and succeeding in mathematics and physical sciences Senior Certificate exams. The Dinaledi program provides selected high schools with a combination of supplementary inputs, including teachers, training, textbooks and calculators as well as close monitoring by the National Department of Education. This paper estimates the impact of the Dinaledi program for about 350 schools assigned to the program in the course of its expansion in 2005. It exploits administrative panel data for the years 2005-07 using a difference-in-difference estimation strategy. This is combined with a propensity score matching approach that compares Dinaledi schools with schools that are observably similar prior to the implementation of the program.

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