Mozambique : Lessons from a Pilot to Assess the Effectiveness of Performance-Based Grants in Primary Schools

Many developing countries have invested substantial resources in expanding their primary and secondary education systems, resulting in large gains in the number of students completing basic education. However, in many countries this growth has outp...

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spelling okr-10986-340332021-05-25T10:54:37Z Mozambique : Lessons from a Pilot to Assess the Effectiveness of Performance-Based Grants in Primary Schools World Bank RESULTS-BASED FINANCING EDUCATION FOR ALL RESULTS IN EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN PRIMARY EDUCATION CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS STUDENT PERFORMANCE Many developing countries have invested substantial resources in expanding their primary and secondary education systems, resulting in large gains in the number of students completing basic education. However, in many countries this growth has outpaced the ability of education ministries to effectively monitor the quality of their schools. This has resulted in limited progress in improving teacher attendance in the classroom and has resulted in limited learning time and poor learning outcomes. Results-based financing (RBF) has been used in to address these challenges by creating stronger incentives to achieve better results. The World Bank provided technical assistance to the ministry of education of Mozambique to design and implement a pilot to assess the effectiveness of performance-based school grants in 552 primary schools. A rigorous impact evaluation should be implemented to monitor the program’s effectiveness in securing desired education results. 2020-07-07T15:28:35Z 2020-07-07T15:28:35Z 2020-06 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/528321593491764028/Mozambique-Lessons-from-a-Pilot-to-Assess-the-Effectiveness-of-Performance-Based-Grants-in-Primary-Schools http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34033 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Mozambique
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topic RESULTS-BASED FINANCING
EDUCATION FOR ALL
RESULTS IN EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN
PRIMARY EDUCATION
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
spellingShingle RESULTS-BASED FINANCING
EDUCATION FOR ALL
RESULTS IN EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN
PRIMARY EDUCATION
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
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Mozambique : Lessons from a Pilot to Assess the Effectiveness of Performance-Based Grants in Primary Schools
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description Many developing countries have invested substantial resources in expanding their primary and secondary education systems, resulting in large gains in the number of students completing basic education. However, in many countries this growth has outpaced the ability of education ministries to effectively monitor the quality of their schools. This has resulted in limited progress in improving teacher attendance in the classroom and has resulted in limited learning time and poor learning outcomes. Results-based financing (RBF) has been used in to address these challenges by creating stronger incentives to achieve better results. The World Bank provided technical assistance to the ministry of education of Mozambique to design and implement a pilot to assess the effectiveness of performance-based school grants in 552 primary schools. A rigorous impact evaluation should be implemented to monitor the program’s effectiveness in securing desired education results.
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title Mozambique : Lessons from a Pilot to Assess the Effectiveness of Performance-Based Grants in Primary Schools
title_short Mozambique : Lessons from a Pilot to Assess the Effectiveness of Performance-Based Grants in Primary Schools
title_full Mozambique : Lessons from a Pilot to Assess the Effectiveness of Performance-Based Grants in Primary Schools
title_fullStr Mozambique : Lessons from a Pilot to Assess the Effectiveness of Performance-Based Grants in Primary Schools
title_full_unstemmed Mozambique : Lessons from a Pilot to Assess the Effectiveness of Performance-Based Grants in Primary Schools
title_sort mozambique : lessons from a pilot to assess the effectiveness of performance-based grants in primary schools
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/528321593491764028/Mozambique-Lessons-from-a-Pilot-to-Assess-the-Effectiveness-of-Performance-Based-Grants-in-Primary-Schools
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