Independent State of Samoa School Autonomy and Accountability : SABER Country Report 2013

Education in the Samoa is highly decentralized. While education policy is the sole responsibility of the Ministry of education, school boards are responsible for delivery. The entire organization of the school system is based on checks and balances...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACADEMIC YEAR ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ASSESSMENT METHODS AVERAGE PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO BARRIER CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHURCHES CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SOCIETY CLASSROOM CLASSROOM LEVEL CLASSROOM TEACHER COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPULSORY EDUCATION COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT CORE COURSES COST OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM PLAN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS DECENTRALIZATION DEGREES DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONOR SUPPORT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EDUCATION DECENTRALIZATION EDUCATION FACILITIES EDUCATION FINANCE EDUCATION INDICATORS EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION MINISTERS EDUCATION PERSONNEL EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT EDUCATIONAL NEEDS EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EXPENDITURES FACULTY OF EDUCATION GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE HEAD TEACHER HEAD TEACHERS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTRUCTION INTERVENTIONS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING PROCESSES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY MANUALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOVEMENT NATIONAL CURRICULUM NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICIES NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS NATIONAL SCHOOL NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMERACY PARENT INVOLVEMENT PARENT PARTICIPATION PARENTAL PARTICIPATION PARTICIPATION BY PARENTS PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES PEDAGOGY POST SECONDARY EDUCATION PRIMARY CURRICULUM PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILD PRIMARY SCHOOL GRADUATES PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROVISION OF EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY LEARNING QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY TEACHERS REASONING REPEATERS RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION RURAL EDUCATION RURAL SCHOOLS SAFETY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL AUTONOMY SCHOOL BUILDINGS SCHOOL COMMITTEE SCHOOL COMMITTEES SCHOOL COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL SCHOOL COUNCILS SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL FEE SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL FUNDING SCHOOL GOVERNANCE SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEADERS SCHOOL LEARNING SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL MAINTENANCE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NUTRITION SCHOOL OPERATION SCHOOL OPERATIONS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PERSONNEL SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL READINESS SCHOOL STAFF SCHOOL SUPERVISORS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLS SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SELECTION OF TEXTBOOKS SKILL DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL NEEDS SPORTS STAFF SALARIES STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS STUDENT ENROLLMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO SUPPLY OF TEACHERS TEACHER TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHING TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING PERSONNEL TEACHING POSITIONS TEACHING STAFF TEACHING SYSTEMS TECHNICAL TRAINING TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS TRAINING NEEDS TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSFER OF TEACHERS TRANSPORTATION TUITION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/20141748/saber-school-autonomy-accountability-country-report-samoa-2013 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20159