primary education
- Summary of data detailing legal ages for children's education, rights and responsibilities around the world
- Right to Education, 2002
- This document collates information taken from the States Parties' Reports under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It provides a table of: school leaving age minimum age of employment min...
- Why are girls still excluded from education?
- Education Sector, UNESCO, 2002
- The paper describes the issues surrounding girls' exclusion from quality (effective) education. It asks some gender specific questions: what are the learning environments that help girls to achieve? what challe...
- DFID strategy for achieving primary education for all.
- Department for International Development, UK, 2001
- This paper consider priorities for policy and action in order to achieve the international development targets for education. The targets are: to achieve universal primary education by 2015 to demonstrate progr...
- Why user fees must go, and how to get rid of them
- P. Watt; R. Rowden / Global Campaign for Education, 2002
- This policy brief, prepared by the Coalition for Health and Education Rights for the UN Special Session on Children in 2002, argues that user fees continue to deny children’s rights to basic education and health care, despite int...
- Lack of aid from the G8 seriously threatens 2015 education targets
- Global Campaign for Education, 2002
- A credible strategy now exists to get every child into school. But the strategy will be worthless unless it is backed by major additional resources from G8 countries. New figures show that aid for basic education remains dismally low....
- The majority of children gain far less from school than they deserve
- Global Campaign for Education, 2002
- Recent studies show that many children in developing countries are leaving school without learning to read, write or do basic sums. This paper argues that this is an injustice and a waste of human potential that must be challenged. Im...
- Obstacles to providing quality primary education in Tamil Nadu
- S. Grover; N. H. Singh / Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2002
- The most salient findings of this pilot quality assessment study on primary education in Tamil Nadu, India, are that key structures are in place for imparting quality primary education. However, several weaknesses in the system of edu...
- How to reduce delayed school enrollment and drop out rates in Tanzania
- M. Ainsworth; K. Beegle; G. Koda / Africa Region Human Development Department, World Bank, 2002
- The goal of this study is to measure the impact of adult deaths and orphan status on household decisions to enroll children in primary school. It also identifies the characteristics of children with the lowest schooling and the policy...
- Community schools in sub-Saharan Africa
- Y. Miller-Grandvaux; K. Yoder / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
- Review of community schools in sub-Saharan Africa, covering as many models and donors as possible. Countries covered are Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, ...
- How the World Bank can play and important role in helping developing countries provide Education for All
- Global Campaign for Education, 2001
- Half a century ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights established free basic education as a fundamental human right. Yet on current trends there will be 75 million children out of school in 2015. This report claims that...
- Why are girls still excluded from education?
- Education Sector, UNESCO, 2002
- The paper describes the issues surrounding girls' exclusion from quality (effective) education. It asks some gender specific questions: what are the learning environments that help girls to achieve? what challe...
- DFID strategy for achieving primary education for all.
- Department for International Development, UK, 2001
- This paper consider priorities for policy and action in order to achieve the international development targets for education. The targets are: to achieve universal primary education by 2015 to demonstrate progr...
- Why user fees must go, and how to get rid of them
- P. Watt; R. Rowden / Global Campaign for Education, 2002
- This policy brief, prepared by the Coalition for Health and Education Rights for the UN Special Session on Children in 2002, argues that user fees continue to deny children’s rights to basic education and health care, despite int...
- Lack of aid from the G8 seriously threatens 2015 education targets
- Global Campaign for Education, 2002
- A credible strategy now exists to get every child into school. But the strategy will be worthless unless it is backed by major additional resources from G8 countries. New figures show that aid for basic education remains dismally low....
- The majority of children gain far less from school than they deserve
- Global Campaign for Education, 2002
- Recent studies show that many children in developing countries are leaving school without learning to read, write or do basic sums. This paper argues that this is an injustice and a waste of human potential that must be challenged. Im...
- Obstacles to providing quality primary education in Tamil Nadu
- S. Grover; N. H. Singh / Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2002
- The most salient findings of this pilot quality assessment study on primary education in Tamil Nadu, India, are that key structures are in place for imparting quality primary education. However, several weaknesses in the system of edu...
- How to reduce delayed school enrollment and drop out rates in Tanzania
- M. Ainsworth; K. Beegle; G. Koda / Africa Region Human Development Department, World Bank, 2002
- The goal of this study is to measure the impact of adult deaths and orphan status on household decisions to enroll children in primary school. It also identifies the characteristics of children with the lowest schooling and the policy...
- Community schools in sub-Saharan Africa
- Y. Miller-Grandvaux; K. Yoder / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
- Review of community schools in sub-Saharan Africa, covering as many models and donors as possible. Countries covered are Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, ...
- How the World Bank can play and important role in helping developing countries provide Education for All
- Global Campaign for Education, 2001
- Half a century ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights established free basic education as a fundamental human right. Yet on current trends there will be 75 million children out of school in 2015. This report claims that...
- Why mass-schooling for girls is an important determinant of fertility change
- Z. Sathar; C. Lloyd; C. Mete; M. ul Haque / Population Council, USA, 2000
- This paper tests Caldwell’s mass schooling hypothesis that the onset of the fertility transition is closely linked to the achievement of “mass formal schooling” of boys and girls. Punjab and North-west Frontier P...
- Kerala Research Programme on Local Development
- Developing scientific research capability in Kerala
