A Communication Approach to El Salvador's EDUCO Education Reform Efforts
A well-designed communication plan proved to be critical in implementing successful education reform efforts in El Salvador (World Bank 1998). El Salvador's experience with the Education with Community Participation Program (EDUCO) demonstrate...
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okr-10986-268932021-04-23T14:04:34Z A Communication Approach to El Salvador's EDUCO Education Reform Efforts Basaninyenzi, Uwimana ABSENTEEISM ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL EDUCATION APPROPRIATE TRAINING BASIC EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SCHOOL CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS EDUCATION COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS HIGH DROPOUT INTERVENTIONS KEY ROLE LITERACY LITERACY RATES LOW ENROLLMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF TEACHERS OTHER EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS PARENT ASSOCIATIONS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT PRIMARY FOCUS PRINCIPALS PROVISION OF TEXTBOOKS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION RADIO REPETITION REPETITION RATES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SCHOOL COUNCILS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLS SOCIAL INEQUALITIES TEACHER TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TEACHER UNIONS TEACHERS UNIONS TEXTBOOKS UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS URBAN SCHOOLS VULNERABLE GROUPS A well-designed communication plan proved to be critical in implementing successful education reform efforts in El Salvador (World Bank 1998). El Salvador's experience with the Education with Community Participation Program (EDUCO) demonstrated that special emphasis on communication strategies can build consensus, inform communities, and improve public support for complex reforms. During the 1990s, efforts to reform El Salvador's failing schools mobilized a number of actors that included rural communities, education stakeholders, and government officials. The results revealed acute shortages in basic resources that were largely tied to conditions caused during El Salvador's civil war (1980-92). At that time, many public schools in rural areas were forced to close because of security concerns and lack of public resources. The teachers that were contracted were not paid consistently and often unable to teach in the impoverished conditions. This project was financed by the World Bank along with other multilateral organizations from 1995 to 2007 (World Bank 2007). In this program, local school-based parent associations (community education associations [ACEs]), given appropriate training, were granted control over the administration of schools. This proved to be a challenge as low literacy rates were common among members of the ACEs. A lot of parents especially mothers were not able to read and write. Therefore, a training program was developed to improve literacy among parents and increase the participation among women. Financial management was also a part of these capacity-building efforts, where parents were trained to manage the funds of the associations. 2017-06-05T17:47:08Z 2017-06-05T17:47:08Z 2011-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776231468037136086/Case-study-a-communication-approach-to-El-Salvadors-EDUCO-education-reform-efforts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26893 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean El Salvador |
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ABSENTEEISM ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL EDUCATION APPROPRIATE TRAINING BASIC EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SCHOOL CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS EDUCATION COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS HIGH DROPOUT INTERVENTIONS KEY ROLE LITERACY LITERACY RATES LOW ENROLLMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF TEACHERS OTHER EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS PARENT ASSOCIATIONS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT PRIMARY FOCUS PRINCIPALS PROVISION OF TEXTBOOKS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION RADIO REPETITION REPETITION RATES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SCHOOL COUNCILS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLS SOCIAL INEQUALITIES TEACHER TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TEACHER UNIONS TEACHERS UNIONS TEXTBOOKS UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS URBAN SCHOOLS VULNERABLE GROUPS |
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ABSENTEEISM ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL EDUCATION APPROPRIATE TRAINING BASIC EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SCHOOL CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS EDUCATION COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS HIGH DROPOUT INTERVENTIONS KEY ROLE LITERACY LITERACY RATES LOW ENROLLMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF TEACHERS OTHER EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS PARENT ASSOCIATIONS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT PRIMARY FOCUS PRINCIPALS PROVISION OF TEXTBOOKS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION RADIO REPETITION REPETITION RATES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SCHOOL COUNCILS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLS SOCIAL INEQUALITIES TEACHER TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TEACHER UNIONS TEACHERS UNIONS TEXTBOOKS UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS URBAN SCHOOLS VULNERABLE GROUPS Basaninyenzi, Uwimana A Communication Approach to El Salvador's EDUCO Education Reform Efforts |
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A well-designed communication plan
proved to be critical in implementing successful education
reform efforts in El Salvador (World Bank 1998). El
Salvador's experience with the Education with Community
Participation Program (EDUCO) demonstrated that special
emphasis on communication strategies can build consensus,
inform communities, and improve public support for complex
reforms. During the 1990s, efforts to reform El
Salvador's failing schools mobilized a number of actors
that included rural communities, education stakeholders, and
government officials. The results revealed acute shortages
in basic resources that were largely tied to conditions
caused during El Salvador's civil war (1980-92). At
that time, many public schools in rural areas were forced to
close because of security concerns and lack of public
resources. The teachers that were contracted were not paid
consistently and often unable to teach in the impoverished
conditions. This project was financed by the World Bank
along with other multilateral organizations from 1995 to
2007 (World Bank 2007). In this program, local school-based
parent associations (community education associations
[ACEs]), given appropriate training, were granted control
over the administration of schools. This proved to be a
challenge as low literacy rates were common among members of
the ACEs. A lot of parents especially mothers were not able
to read and write. Therefore, a training program was
developed to improve literacy among parents and increase the
participation among women. Financial management was also a
part of these capacity-building efforts, where parents were
trained to manage the funds of the associations. |
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Basaninyenzi, Uwimana |
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Basaninyenzi, Uwimana |
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Basaninyenzi, Uwimana |
| title |
A Communication Approach to El Salvador's EDUCO Education Reform Efforts |
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A Communication Approach to El Salvador's EDUCO Education Reform Efforts |
| title_full |
A Communication Approach to El Salvador's EDUCO Education Reform Efforts |
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A Communication Approach to El Salvador's EDUCO Education Reform Efforts |
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A Communication Approach to El Salvador's EDUCO Education Reform Efforts |
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communication approach to el salvador's educo education reform efforts |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776231468037136086/Case-study-a-communication-approach-to-El-Salvadors-EDUCO-education-reform-efforts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26893 |
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