How to invest in post-primary education
Recommended reading
- Skills development in sub-Saharan Africa
- ( R.K. Johanson; A.V. Adams / World Bank , 2004)
- This review assesses progress in the provision and financing of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for urban and rural non-farm employment in sub-Saharan Africa. It questions the c...
- Financing secondary education in developing countries: strategies for sustainable growth
- ( K. Lewin; F. Caillods / International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO , 2001)
- While improvements have been made in increasing participation in primary schooling in developing countries, progress in increasing secondary participation has been disappointing. This book examines th...
- Private education is good for the poor: a study of private schools serving the poor in low-income countries
- ( J. Tooley; P. Dixon / CATO Institute, Washington , 2005)
- Can private education help meet the educational needs of poor children in low-income countries? Many observers believe that the private sector has little to offer in terms of reaching the United Natio...
- The girls' stipend program in Bangladesh
- ( J. Raynor; K. Wesson / Journal of Education for International Development , 2006)
- The Female Stipend Programme (FSP), widely acclaimed as a model for achieving gender parity of enrolment, was created in 1982 in Bangladesh to help increase the enrolment and retention of girls in sec...
- Expanded access to secondary schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa: key planning and finance issues
- ( K.M. Lewin / Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity , 2007)
- Providing secondary education for the rapidly increasing number of primary school graduates is becoming a key policy issue throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.This paper offers new insights into necessary r...
- Back to the blackboard: looking beyond Universal Primary Education in Africa
- ( P. Govender; S. Gruzd / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) , 2004)
- This report presents a collection of five articles on education in Africa, each paper discussing the situation of a particular area or issue in education, and highlighting the challenges which need to...
