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  • Video

    Teacher absenteeism in Africa

    Uganda

    Video

    RFI -

    The consequences of teacher absenteeism are dramatic for the quality of teaching, and Uganda has taken drastic measures to combat the problem. The report brings together a researcher from UNESCO's Education for All Global Monitoring Report and a doctor in Sociology and Education Policy from the ENS in Abidjan.

  • Newspaper

    Combating ghost schools and other forms of corruption in education

    Press

    Muriel Poisson - Thomson Reuters Foundation

    Breaking the silence over corruption in education is a mammoth ongoing task which needs a global united front in order to ensure that education goals are met and that children receive the best possible opportunities when learning.

  • Video

    The education system is full of corruption: interview with Mexico Evalua's director of research

    Mexico

    Video

    Educación Futura -

    A research director from Mexico mentions that corruption is at the heart of the education system and that it is imperative to fight this scourge for the achievement of all students. He addresses various forms of corruption, particularly corruption related to the allocation of teachers to schools. 
     

  • Looking beyond the numbers: stakeholders and multiple school accountability

    How to hold autonomous schools and school governing boards accountable for their decisions and performance has become a particularly pressing question for central governments in many OECD countries. Increasing complexity in education systems has led...

    Hooge, Edith, Burns, Tracey, Wilkoszewski, Harald

    Paris, OECD, 2012

  • Forms and effects of corruption on the education sector in Vietnam

    The main objectives of the research were: (1) to assess citizen awareness and understanding of manifestations and forms of corruption and their effects on the quality of education; (2) to enhance awareness, knowledge, understanding and analysis of...

    Transparency International

    Berlin, TI, 2011

  • Newspaper

    Head teachers to sign performance contracts

    Uganda

    Press

    Carol Natukunda and Roderick Ahimbazwe - New Vision

    According to the education minister, primary school head teachers will be required to sign performance agreements every year. Many pupils had not attained the desirable learning competency in literacy and numeracy partly because of the slackness, absenteeism and lack of commitment from the head teachers. The assessment guidelines and the tracking of the teachers' performance will help to create a more fair and verifiable system.

  • Teacher absence and incentives in primary education: primary education results from a national teacher tracking survey in Ecuador

    High rates of absence of teachers from their posts is a serious obstacle to delivery of education in many developing countries, but hard evidence on the problem has been scarce. This study, carried out as part of a new multi-country survey project in...

    Chaudhury, Nazmul, Hammer, Jeffrey, Rogers, F. Halsey, Lopez-Calix, José, Córdoba, Nancy, Kremer, Michael, Mularidharan, Khartik

    2004

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