Why Aren't Children Learning

Why Aren't Children Learning

We are five years away from 2015, the year when the Millennium Development Goal of universal education is supposed to be achieved, and the school attendance numbers do look good. In many parts of both East and West Africa, and almost all of South Asia, school enrollment has grown rapidly, with prima...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Banerjee, Abhijit V., Duflo, Esther
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Subjects:
classroom
enrollment
exam
higher test scores
primary school
primary school enrollment
private school
private schools
public schools
reading
regular teachers
school attendance
schooling
schools
student learning
student performance
teachers
teaching
universal education
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6100
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Summary:We are five years away from 2015, the year when the Millennium Development Goal of universal education is supposed to be achieved, and the school attendance numbers do look good. In many parts of both East and West Africa, and almost all of South Asia, school enrollment has grown rapidly, with primary school enrollment now exceeding 90 percent in many areas (UNESCO 2009).

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