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    Youth and adult learning and education in Swaziland

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    Clear policy, financing and good governance are needed to ensure that young people and adults alike receive access to education – as is their right.
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    Youth and adult learning and education in Mozambique

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    There is a growing international consensus that basic education that includes life skills for young people and older adults provides an essential tool to encourage participation in democracy and in the economy. Both of these outcomes are of particular relevance to poor and marginalised members of the societies of southern Africa.
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    Access to socio-economic rights for non-nationals in the Southern African Development Community

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    While many countries in Africa are contemplating ways in which to extend access to social protection for their citizens, the enjoyment of socio-economic rights by non-nationals receives scarce commentary.
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    Youth and adult learning and education in southern africa: overview of a five nation study

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    Many countries in southern Africa are facing a critical and growing challenge – how to provide an education that meets the socio-economic needs of their bulging youth populations. Primary school drop-out rates remain high across the region so many children and youth end up outside the education system.
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    The effect of tutoring on secondary streaming in Egypt

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    In Egypt, tutoring represents a sizeable household expenditure, and thus it is important to examine whether, and to what extent, tutoring pays off in terms of better educational outcomes. This paper estimates the effect of taking tutoring on the likelihood of joining the secondary level stream that leads to university.
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    Does access to secondary education affect primary schooling? evidence from India

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2012
    Universal primary education has been a stated aim of development policy experts as well as of governments. Policies to improve outcome for primary education have largely focussed on access to primary schools. In recent years, this emphasis has moved to quality of education with efforts being made to improve the quality of teachers.
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    Youth and adult learning and education in Angola

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    This report on Angola is part of that regional study. Its purpose was to gain a deeper understanding of the current delivery and funding of education and training for out-of-school youth and adults, and to identify the most effective institutions, governance principles, educational practices, collaboration with non-governmental agencies and networking that are currently available.
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    The role of the education sector in poviding care and support for orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho and Swaziland

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    As the HIV epidemic continues to unfold across southern Africa, countries are still struggling to find effective means to address many of its negative impacts at individual, family and community levels.
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    Lesotho effective delivery of public education services

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    Lesotho, like many other countries, is party to a number of regional and international treaties that oblige governments to put in place processes and institutions that will improve delivery of education. Civil society organisations can play a constructive role by monitoring the extent to which government is in compliance and offers policy options that aim to improve the situation.
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    Swaziland: effective delivery of public education services - discussion paper

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    Since independence in 1968, Swaziland has grappled with the same challenges in delivering effective education services, including, but not limited to: education access; increasing failure and dropout rates; a lack of qualified teachers; a lack of curriculum innovation; and slow responses to education and training changes in regional and international arenas.

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