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Inadequacies in Tanzania's education and training systems compromise the quality of workforce skills, giving rise to … these concerns using data from a unique Enterprise Skills Survey that asked Tanzanian employers about the education … productive; it found no impact, however, from secondary education and technical vocational education and training qualifications …
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-size effects. Ensuring that all incoming teachers have the officially mandated effective years of education, along with increasing …
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It is imperative that students learn to read in the early grades, yet many fail to do so in developing countries. Early grade reading interventions have emerged as a common means to attempt to address this problem. This paper presents a definition of early grade reading interventions as...
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This paper presents the largest globally comparable panel database of education quality. The database includes 163 …-the countries that have the most to gain from the potential benefits of a high-quality education; (3) the data set contains credible … global progress on education quality, as well as to uncover potential drivers of education quality, growth, and development …
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This paper examines the role of courts in promoting fulfillment of the right to education in developing country … democracies, focusing on India and Indonesia-two countries that have experienced increased education rights litigation in recent … years. The paper argues that this litigation has been part of broader struggles over education policy, inequality, and the …
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The standard summary metric of education-based human capital used in macro analyses-the average number of years of …) its virtues of simplicity and transparency make it a good candidate summary measure of education …
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integrated centers for early childhood care and education (ECCE) for children ages zero to five years, combining the advantages … education services separately or in an integrated manner? Under what conditions would the provision of separate care and … education services be more effective? The study provides an analysis of the ECCE environment in Sri Lanka, with recommendations …
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This report documents the challenge of achieving inclusive education in Africa. Primary school completion rates are 10 … completion rates is 13 points. Gaps are also large for secondary education completion and children with disabilities are much … education. According to teacher perceptions on the reasons why children drop out of school, lack of adequate infrastructure for …
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This note provides practical guidance to national governments about key priorities for the education sector following a … major disaster or crisis. It specifies a set of considerations and actions to help ensure that the education sector can: (1 …
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