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Title Community schools in Africa : reaching the unreached / co-editors, Deborah Glassman, Jordan Naidoo, Fred Wood ; associate editor, Kristin Helmore ; contributor, Chloe O'Gara
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 198 pages) : illustrations
Contents Community Schools: The Solution to Local Needs -- Mali, 1992-2003: The First Experiment -- Malawi, 1994-2003: Training on a National Scale -- Ethiopia, 1992-2001: Helping Communities Fill the Education Gap -- Uganda, 1999-2005: Transferring to Government Control -- USAID and Community Schools in Africa: The Vision, the Strategy, the Commitment -- Supply-Side Education: Africa's Home-grown Schools -- What's Next for Community Schools?
Summary Over the past decade, community schools similar to those supported by Save the Children have been established in many developing countries, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa. As large numbers of children attend schools started and managed by their own communities and/or by nongovernmental organizations, questions have come up about the impact of such schools at large scale: "Can village-based or community schools have a national impact on access to education, spur improved long-term development strategies and education policy, or achieve or influence Education for All? This book explores these and related questions, drawing on Save the Children's experience with community-based schooling in four countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, and Uganda. The literature on community schools in Africa tends to be sparse, repetitive and highly descriptive with little or no sustained critique of practice. This book fills a substantial gap in the education literature and is particularly timely, given the current emphasis on decentralization and community involvement in education. Save the Children has been a pioneer in the community school movement, particularly in Africa. Community schools are created in areas where access to education is limited or non-existent. The community school approach has been recognized for its easy replicability, cost-effectiveness and dramatic improvements in basic education for children in need
Analysis onderwijs
education
kleuteronderwijs
early childhood education
onderwijsbeleid
educational policy
Education (General)
Onderwijs (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
In Springer e-books
Subject Community schools -- Africa
Community schools -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Community and school -- Africa
Community schools.
Community and school.
community schools (institutions)
community schools (buildings)
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
Community schools -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Community and school -- Africa.
Community schools -- Africa.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Community and school
Community schools
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Glassman, Deborah.
Naidoo, Jordan P.
Wood, Fred
ISBN 9780387451077
0387451072
0387451064
9780387451060
6610852006
9786610852000