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Book Synopsis Education Inputs in Uganda by : Harriet Nannyonjo
Download or read book Education Inputs in Uganda written by Harriet Nannyonjo and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is based on a study prompted by the need for improved effectiveness in the use of education resources in Uganda. Uganda's problem with increasing resource constraints for education is common in many developing countries and the lessons learned in this study may be of broad interest. Currently, Uganda allocates over 31 percent of its discretionary recurrent expenditure to education and 67 percent of this is allocated to primary education. Given increasing pressures on the budgets, there is need to implement strategies focusing on those inputs most likely to improve student learning. A major impediment to rational decision making in this area is lack of knowledge about what interventions work best and under what circumstances. Without this knowledge, Government may continue spending scarce resources on inputs that may not directly contribute to student learning achievement.
Book Synopsis Education Inputs in Uganda by : Harriet Nannyonjo
Download or read book Education Inputs in Uganda written by Harriet Nannyonjo and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 2 by : Innocent Mulindwa Najjumba
Download or read book Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 2 written by Innocent Mulindwa Najjumba and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Uganda school system has expanded over the years resulting from mass education reforms at the primary – since 1997, and the lower secondary level – since 2007. This has enabled provision of key inputs to schools by Government which include tuition, trained teachers, school infrastructure, and learning materials. The curriculum for the primary level was also reviewed. However, completion rates and learning outcomes are still low which points to inefficiency and low quality of education provided. Current discourse on education is focused on the need to improve efficiency and quality of education. This study is therefore, an attempt to provide a comprehensive analysis of learning outcomes and teacher effectiveness, drawing from the nationally owned and multi-year assessment data sets for Uganda between 2006-2011. This book provides some answers to questions like: What are the performance levels of learners over the years? What are the curriculum areas that learners find most difficult as measured by their performance and have these been the same over the years? What determines learners’ performance? What is the content knowledge level of the teachers? What are the teacher characteristics that determine learners’ performance? How effective are the teachers? Guidance on next steps is also provided. The main contribution of this book is three fold: (a) It explores learners’ performance by curriculum area; (b) It links learners’ performance with teachers’ competency levels by curriculum content area, making it one of the very few materials available in the Africa region. It therefore, amplifies the importance of focusing on what learners find a problem in the teaching-learning process in the quest for quality. The findings also reveal that teacher effectiveness is very low and efforts to improve instructional methods have to be prioritized by Government; and (c), it provides insights on the various dimensions to the education quality and efficiency challenge that many developing countries are grappling with today, and the depth of analysis that have to be undertaken.
Book Synopsis Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 3 by : Innocent Mulindwa Najjumba
Download or read book Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 3 written by Innocent Mulindwa Najjumba and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uganda is one of the few African countries with a functional national assessment system. Established in 2003, the National Assessment of Progress in Education (NAPE) Program is executed by the Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB). The program uses a learning outcomes measurement framework to annually measure achievement in literacy and numeracy proficiency on the basis of a cross-sectional, nationally representative sample of learners from the primary three (P3) and primary six (P6) grades. In 2008, the framework was extended to the senior two (S2) grade of lower secondary education for English, math, and biology. However, use of national assessment results to inform improvements in student learning remains weak. These data can nevertheless be used to search for solutions to the challenge of low-quality education in Uganda. The objective of this study is to generate a comprehensive, consolidated evidence base about student learning outcomes and teacher effectiveness in primary and secondary schools Uganda, grounded in existing, nationally owned NAPE assessment data. In specific terms, this analytical work attempts to establish the following: (a) the performance levels and patterns of students in P3, P6, and S2; (b) problematic curriculum areas in the respective grades; (c) teacher competency; and (d) predictors of student and teacher performance levels. The goal is not to reanalyze existing data, but rather, provide additional analysis that can help complement the very useful summary reports provided by NAPE for individual years. This analysis is also supported by findings from the qualitative end-of-cycle (EOC) curriculum examination reports generated by UNEB chief examiners.
Book Synopsis School Effectiveness in Uganda by : Harriet Betty Nannyonjo
Download or read book School Effectiveness in Uganda written by Harriet Betty Nannyonjo and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uganda{u2019}s education sector has had a troubled history, including a sharp deterioration during the 1970s. The Education Policy Review Commission put in place in 1987 culminated into a white paper, which made recommendations for implementation of the Universal Education (UPE) Policy. The UPE policy resulted in massive increases in enrolment, which could not be matched by rate of provision of inputs with limited funding available to the sector. This study was prompted by the need for improved efficiency in use of education resources. The hypothesis is that school factors vary across schools depending on organization and management systems. Further, the level of educational inputs, and student background characteristics influence pupils{u2019} scholastic achievement. This study used a sample of 3950 primary six pupils in Uganda, selected from 200 schools to study the relationship of various factors with pupils{u2019} test scores. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used in data collection and analysis. Results of this study point to some critical areas where improvements need to be made in order to improve pupil performance possibly with fewer resources. The results specifically apply to primary six pupils in Uganda. Results of this study suggest considerable variation in level of inputs by school ownership and location. There is also a considerable variation in pupil performance. School inputs like funding per pupil, time spent teaching a subject, availability of textbooks, had a positive but small correlation with pupils{u2019} text scores. On the other hand, class size, number of pupils per bench, had a negative but small correlation with pupils{u2019} test scores. Teacher and head teacher qualification, except for university education appear to have little influence on primary six pupils{u2019} test scores in Uganda. In-service training has little influence on test scores, and the possibility is lack of linkage between primary teacher education and the primary education curriculum. Teacher experience and age have a positive, but non-linear relationship with pupils{u2019} test scores. Other factors found to have a positive influence on pupils{u2019} test scores include parental education, speaking both vernacular and English at home, number of books at home. Factors that have a negative influence on pupil{u2019}s test scores include; family size, repetition and pupil{u2019}s age, number of books at home, distance of school from pupil{u2019}s home. This study provides some evidence that provision of school inputs alone explains a small proportion of the variation in pupils{u2019} performance. This study also emphasises the need for a balance between availability and usage of resources, a point clearly demonstrated in case of textbooks, where textbook availability at the school level as a positive but small correlation with test scores, whereas pupils{u2019} use of their own textbooks and the number of textbooks at home have a significant relationship with test scores.
Book Synopsis Comparative Analysis on Universal Primary Education Policy and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa by :
Download or read book Comparative Analysis on Universal Primary Education Policy and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of universal education is, however, not well defined and is used to mean many different things to different people. This book contains a five-year research work conducted by a group of African and Japanese researchers who have developed an equal partnership and network to review the expansion of primary education, some policies prompting the free primary education intervention, and the challenges of implementation based on the case study of two districts in four countries, namely, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda.
Book Synopsis Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 2 by : Innocent Mulindwa Najjumba
Download or read book Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 2 written by Innocent Mulindwa Najjumba and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to answer (a) what are the learning areas of the curriculum that are most difficult for students and teachers? (b) How much do teachers know about the curriculum they teach? (c) Why do some students perform better than others? And why do some teachers know more about what they teach than others?
Book Synopsis Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Rosarii Griffin
Download or read book Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Rosarii Griffin and published by Symposium Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the drive to achieve universal primary education as one of the Millennium Development Goals, there is an increasing recognition of the urgency of focusing on teacher education to both meet the demand for more than one million qualified teachers required to achieve this goal within sub-Saharan Africa, as well as to combat the sometimes poor quality educational experience reported in the school. Currently, approximately only one third of teachers are qualified to teach. This dearth in qualified teachers also means that secondary and tertiary education need to be improved upon to provide an educated cohort of graduates. This in turn will ensure that the quality of teacher trained and retained within the profession is of a sufficiently high standard to ensure sustainable progress. This volume focuses on the various aspects of teacher education which need to be addressed in order for the wider Millennium Goals to be achieved, but more importantly, so that each African child living within sub-Saharan Africa will have the right to a quality education: ensuring they too experience their right and entitlement as children to reach their full potential - often taken for granted in Western countries – giving African children the necessary tools to build a better future for themselves. Of particular interest to the education researcher and policy maker, this volume’s contributors look at the various issues and challenges around the teacher profession, particularly in relation to resources and practices within sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors examine the issue of building research capacity for educational research within teacher education Colleges and explore the concept of education for sustainable development with the view to improving the development of quality teacher education within the global South. In this volume, research reports are presented highlighting the various challenges within the structure and provision of teacher education within certain national contexts, including assessment and curricula issues, which need to be addressed. This volume goes from the global to the local and examines teacher educator teaching, learning and reflective practice issues within different contexts, as well as exploring alternative pre-service experiences for western teachers who wish to work within the sub-Saharan context as well as some teacher educator exchange programmes between the South and North. Case countries explored include Lesotho, South Africa, Mozambique, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar, to mention but a few. Of particular value to the education researcher and policy maker, this book provides a timely resource focusing on an area of neglect, highlighting the central role of the teacher and teacher education towards sustainable development within the sub-Saharan African context.
Book Synopsis Women Teachers in Africa by : Nelly P. Stromquist
Download or read book Women Teachers in Africa written by Nelly P. Stromquist and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through qualitative research methods, this book engages in a holistic understanding of cultural, economic, and institutional forces that interact to produce the underrepresentation of women as school teachers in four sub-Saharan African countries. Comparative case studies at the national level, using a common research design, show that teaching, despite being an attractive civil service job, offers low salaries and many challenges, especially when it takes place in rural areas. Combining professional duties with demanding family responsibilities further diminishes women’s ability to stay in the teaching profession. The studies in this book attempt to bridge research findings with policy by developing action plans in cooperation with ministries of education of the respective countries. Women Teachers in Africa will be of interest to academic researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students in the relevant fields, as well as development professionals, aid agency staff and education policy experts.
Book Synopsis Education Policy in Developing Countries by : Paul Glewwe
Download or read book Education Policy in Developing Countries written by Paul Glewwe and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost any economist will agree that education plays a key role in determining a country’s economic growth and standard of living, but what we know about education policy in developing countries is remarkably incomplete and scattered over decades and across publications. Education Policy in Developing Countries rights this wrong, taking stock of twenty years of research to assess what we actually know—and what we still need to learn—about effective education policy in the places that need it the most. Surveying many aspects of education—from administrative structures to the availability of health care to parent and student incentives—the contributors synthesize an impressive diversity of data, paying special attention to the gross imbalances in educational achievement that still exist between developed and developing countries. They draw out clear implications for governmental policy at a variety of levels, conscious of economic realities such as budget constraints, and point to crucial areas where future research is needed. Offering a wealth of insights into one of the best investments a nation can make, Education Policy in Developing Countries is an essential contribution to this most urgent field.
Book Synopsis OECD Reviews of Migrant Education The Resilience of Students with an Immigrant Background Factors that Shape Well-being by : OECD
Download or read book OECD Reviews of Migrant Education The Resilience of Students with an Immigrant Background Factors that Shape Well-being written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Resilience of Students with an Immigrant Background: Factors that Shape Well-being reveals some of the difficulties students with an immigrant background encounter and where they receive the support they need.
Book Synopsis Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 1 by : Innocent Najjumba
Download or read book Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 1 written by Innocent Najjumba and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title projects school feeding as an integral part of the quality education enhancement drive for Uganda. Ongoing community-led school feeding initiatives are analyzed and the cost implications of a national school feeding program examined. Issues that Government needs to address drawing from international
Book Synopsis Education and Health Services in Uganda by : Clarence Tsimpo
Download or read book Education and Health Services in Uganda written by Clarence Tsimpo and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good health and quality education are essential for economic growth and poverty reduction. Unfortunately, the quality of the education and health services provided in low-income countries is often low. Improving access and quality of education and health are key policy goals for Uganda. This paper builds on the Service Delivery Indicator study by further exploring issues related to the quality of service delivery in Uganda. The paper analyzes the quality of service from a poverty perspective, to contribute to the ongoing policy debate on the quality of service delivery in Uganda, especially in the education and health sectors. Combining data from the Service Delivery Indicator and the Uganda National Household Survey surveys, the paper shows a strong correlation between welfare and quality of service. The quality of service is lowest for those living in poor areas. This has implications for pupils' learning outcomes. Pupils in poor areas perform poorly on a standardized test covering English, numeracy, and nonverbal reasoning. Increased access to education was not accompanied by improvement in learning outcomes. Results from econometric analysis suggest that improvements in school facilities, improvements in the quality of teaching, and the knowledge base of teachers could bring substantial gains in student performance, particularly in poor communities. Despite the low quality they face, if the poor are more satisfied with the service, this has implications for demand for social accountability, as the poor often are not exposed to or ignore the standard of service to which they should refer.
Book Synopsis Handbook of the Economics of Education by : Eric A. Hanushek
Download or read book Handbook of the Economics of Education written by Eric A. Hanushek and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-11-29 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 4/edited by Eric A. Hanushek, Stephen Machin, Ludger Woessmann. What is the value of an education? Volume 4 combines recent data with new methodologies to examine this and related questions from diverse perspectives. School choice and school competition, educator incentives, the college premium, and other considerations help make sense of the investments and returns associated with education.
Book Synopsis Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 3 by : Innocent Mulindwa Najjumba
Download or read book Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 3 written by Innocent Mulindwa Najjumba and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on school based management in Uganda, specifically, study focuses school based management policy and roles of key players; participation in school governance; beneficiary participation and response to education; school autonomy; information for accountability; and school organization for learning.
Book Synopsis Uganda's Recovery by : Ritva Reinikka
Download or read book Uganda's Recovery written by Ritva Reinikka and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Uganda's recovery over the past 15 years from economic decline, conflict, and repressive government to macroeconomic stability, high growth, and considerable political freedom signifies a major turnaround in Africa. Uganda's postconflict recovery coincides with one of Africa's most ambitious programs of economic liberalization.
Book Synopsis The National Council for Higher Education and the Growth of the University Sub-sector in Uganda, 20022012 by : A.B.K. Kasozi
Download or read book The National Council for Higher Education and the Growth of the University Sub-sector in Uganda, 20022012 written by A.B.K. Kasozi and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) and the Growth of the University Sub-sector in Uganda, 2002-2012, narrates the experience of the Ugandan NCHE in the establishment, development and regulation of higher education institutions in Uganda from 2002 to 2012. In this period, student numbers in higher education institutions increased from about 65,000 to some 200,000 and university institutions from about ten to more than triple the number. The book discusses the role of a regulatory agency in the delivery of higher education, the relations of universities and colleges with such an agency, its impact on developing university capacities, and leadership in creating and refining higher education ideas. The experience of Ugandas regulatory agency, the NCHE, in those ten years should help both the Ugandan and other African countries higher education stakeholders in sharing lessons learned from this one case study. The author sees the roles of regulatory agencies as vital in the initial stages of building a higher education sub-sector and in periods of system transitions such as the current journey from elite to mass systems but is of the view that the university remains the home of knowledge creation, dissemination, and its application in society.
