School Construction Strategies for Universal Primary Education in Africa : Should Communities Be Empowered to Build their Schools?

This book examines the scope of the infrastructure challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa and the constraints to scaling up at an affordable cost. It assesses the experiences of African countries with school planning, school facility designs, construction...

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Main Author:	Theunynck, Serge
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCEPTED MODEL ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATION ACHIEVEMENTS AFFORDABLE COST AID AID TO PRIMARY EDUCATION APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY BARRIER BASIC EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION PROJECT BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR BLIND BOARDING BOARDING FACILITIES CALL CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLASSROOM CLASSROOM BLOCK CLASSROOM CONSTRUCTION CLASSROOM FURNITURE CLASSROOM RATIO CLASSROOM SIZE CLASSROOM SPACE CLASSROOM TEACHING COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPLETION RATE CREATIVE EXPRESSION DECENTRALIZATION DISABILITY DISABLED CHILDREN DISTANCE TO SCHOOL DOUBLE SHIFTS DROPOUT RATES EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE EDUCATION PLANNING EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION SECTOR DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATIOS EQUITABLE ACCESS EXAM FIRST GRADES GIRLS GOALS FOR EDUCATION GRADE LEVELS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO HANDICAP HANDICAPPED HANDICAPPED STUDENTS HIGH DROPOUT HIGH RATES OF TEACHER ABSENTEEISM HOME ECONOMICS HOUSING FOR TEACHERS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES INCLUSION INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS INSTRUCTIONAL TIME JOBS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING TIME LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT LIBRARIES LITERACY MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOLS MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOBILITY MULTIGRADE CLASSES MULTIGRADE SCHOOLS MULTIGRADE TEACHING NUMBER OF PUPILS NUMBER OF STUDENTS OUT-OF- SCHOOL CHILDREN PARENT PARTICIPATION PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES PEDAGOGY PHYSICAL DISABILITIES PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT PHYSICALLY DISABLED PRIMARY CLASSROOMS PRIMARY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PRIMARY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECT PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM PRIMARY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL FACILITIES PRIMARY SCHOOL PROJECT PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY STUDENTS PROVISION OF EDUCATION PUBLIC PLACES PUPIL TEACHER RATIOS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION RAMPS RATES OF ABSENTEEISM READING REHABILITATION RESEARCH LITERATURE RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT SAFETY SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION IN SCHOOLS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL BUILDING SCHOOL BUILDINGS SCHOOL CATCHMENT AREAS SCHOOL CENSUS SCHOOL CLASSROOMS SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL EXPANSION SCHOOL FURNITURE SCHOOL GROSS ENROLLMENT SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL MAINTENANCE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL MAPPING SCHOOL MODEL SCHOOL POPULATION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SITE SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SEPARATE LATRINES SINGLE-GRADE TEACHING SMALL SCHOOLS SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER HOUSING TEACHER RATIOS TEACHERS TEACHING STRATEGIES UNIVERSAL PRIMARY COMPLETION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VILLAGE COMMUNITY WHEELCHAIRS
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Summary:	This book examines the scope of the infrastructure challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa and the constraints to scaling up at an affordable cost. It assesses the experiences of African countries with school planning, school facility designs, construction technologies, and construction management over the past thirty years, and draws lessons on promising approaches to enable African countries to scale up the facilities required to achieve the Education for All (EFA) goals and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of complete quality primary education for all children at the lowest marginal cost. The book is organized along the following lines. Chapter one reviews the nature and scope of the primary school infrastructure challenges. Chapter two reviews the experience of African countries with school planning and resource allocation norms and how they have affected the volume, functionality, and distribution of primary school facilities. Chapters three, four, and five examine the impact of construction technology and approaches to construction management on the cost of school infrastructure and the ability to scale up. Chapter six delves more deeply into how to set up one of the most cost- effective approaches to school provision the community-based approach. Chapter seven looks at maintenance issues. Chapter eight deals with corruption and chapter nine with donors. Chapter ten provides an estimate of the infrastructure cost of the EFA challenge and recommendation for countries and donors to improve the efficiency of the resources spent for school construction.

School Construction Strategies for Universal Primary Education in Africa : Should Communities Be Empowered to Build their Schools?

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