Since 1997, the Government of Uganda has implemented the Universal Primary Education Policy. This followed closely the promulgation of a Constitution in 1995 that established education as a right for all. These reforms were also in consonance with the global education reforms as espoused in the 1990?

The Ghana Integrity Initiative,has launched the Africa Education Watch (AEW) project report on Ghana. The report focused on three municipalities and three districts in the Upper East, Greater Accra and Ashanti regions. The report found that the areas lacked basic school infrastructure like classrooms,?

Anecdotal evidence indicates that there is growing interest and concern about what actually happens in the classrooms since the Government of Kenya successfully implemented the Free Primary Education (FPE) policy in 2003. Teachers may be well-trained and yet effective learning still fails to take?

Across Tanzania, huge progress has been made in basic education in the last decade. Enrolments are up in both primary and secondary education, and millions of children are able to go to school. Tanzania is ahead of schedule in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to education access?

In the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2010, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) argues that, although some developed countries were beginning to show signs of economic recovery, many developing countries now have to deal with the aftershock?

The abolition of school fees especially at the basic education level has been adopted by many countries as one of the key policy interventions for influencing education outcomes. In 2004, Ghana adopted a school fees abolition policy, the Capitation Grant (CG), to spur the attainment of universal access?

Based on a review of 50 country studies, this Assessment finds that the resources and know-how necessary to achieve the MDGs exist. Acceleration of progress over the next five years will need to focus on continuing proven strategies, policies and interventions and making a radical break with those?

The Department for International Development has successfully supported developing countries in progress against goals of universal enrolment in primary education and improved educational prospects for girls, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office.

Can mobile phones help bringing primary school teachers and pupils back into the classroom? Teachers absenteeism in Uganda is one of the highest in the world, with obvious implications for the quality of education. With absenteeism rates of 20% - 30% varying per districts, teacher absenteeism costs?

Manila: Efficient and effective operation of public school systems is a challenge for governments around the world. Many struggle to establish transparent performance monitoring systems that allow citizens to hold school officials and governments accountable for performance. The public school system?

Access to quality services – in particular in health and education – has been recognized as fundamental for wellbeing and economic development (World Bank, 2003). However, in Africa and other developing countries, service delivery is often poor or nonexistent: schools and health clinics are not open?

Education is a priority area across East Africa and huge investments have been poured into the sector by governments, the donor community and parents. Recent years have seen school enrolment soar to an all time high. Every child is expected to attend school and acquire knowledge and abilities necessary?

This report presents a regional overview of accountability and transparency in primary education management in seven African countries. It has been produced within the framework of Africa Education Watch (AEW). AEW is a threeyear programme (2007-2010) implemented by Transparency International (TI)?

After more than a decade and a half of reforms to the funding of South African public schools, concerns persist about the efficient use of resources in schools that do not perform well on standardised tests of achievement. There seems to be near universal consensus that further funding increases to?

Tanzania’s expansion in primary and secondary education over the past years has been impressive by all standards. However, the question is whether the expansion in education infrastructure and enrolment has been matched with a commensurate increase in resource allocation, that the resources have reached?

We the citizens of Kenya wish to issue this statement in support of the decision by the United States Government to withhold funds that had been earmarked towards Kenya’s Free Primary Education programme. As aggrieved citizens we agree and demand that those responsible for the misappropriation of?

Easily accessible and up-to-date statistical information for the Dan River Region regarding the regional and state-wide trends in educational quality, financial stability, economic vitality, health status, and civic capacity is provided in this report card. It is a tool for the widespread dissemination?

Several countries have linked higher education to economic development with great success, including Finland and South Korea. Africa, where an upcoming study of university systems across eight countries has unearthed contradictory notions of the role of the university, could draw on international?

Senegal has about 12.4 million inhabitants of whom 42 percent live in urban areas and the population growth rate is 2.6 percent. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is produced by four main sectors of the economy as follows: - agriculture (19.8%); industry (23.5%); manufacturing (16.5%), and services?

Since 2004, CARE Zambia has been working through a Program Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID) to implement a number of Social Protection projects, aimed at increasing the capacity of institutions and the most vulnerable in society to?

Budgets can be complex documents. Many people feel intimidated by budget work, assuming that it requires very technical skills. The reality is that budget work can be straightforward. While some budgets are more sophisticated than others, the bottom line is usually simple. Using basic arithmetic,?

This report presents the results of a study conducted in July 2007 to document the best practices and to analyze the lessons learned from key elements of the Malawi Teachers Training Activity (MTTA).. MTTA is a three-and-a-half year initiative funded from August 2004 to July 2008 by the United States?

Why is Education Budget Work Important?

Over the last decade, budget work has grown enormously in popularity as a tool for holding government to account at all levels - from the national to the grassroots. The move to political and financial decentralisation in many?

In 2000, governments around the world committed themselves to improving human development in the areas of health, education and gender equality. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Education for All (EFA) goals were key targets set and committed to by governments to ensure that their citizens?

Education for All has led to a significant increase in the number of students completing primary education in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It has also created tremendous demand for secondary education.

What is Bayanihang Eskwela? In the context of serious governance problems that confront the Philippine society today, the Bayanihang Eskwela is an example of an initiative that illustrates how citizens’ involvement can be made part of the solution.