Bringing the School to the Children : Shortening the Path to EFA

dc.creator	Lehman, Douglas
dc.date	2012-08-13T11:18:07Z
dc.date	2012-08-13T11:18:07Z
dc.date	2003-08
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-27T23:29:33Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-27T23:29:33Z
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10377
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/10986/10377
dc.description	Recent education planning initiatives in West and Central Africa show that the path to EFA may be shortened considerably by reconsidering the way basic education is delivered in isolated rural communities. Since independence, education systems have been expanding rapidly and are now serving most of the easy-to-reach population. For progress to continue, the focus must be shifted toward the sparsely populated areas, which means adjusting the type of schools used, and building them close to where children live. Most out-of-school children live in rural areas. Unfortunately, few rural schools offer the complete primary cycle. A number of factors contribute to the incomplete-cycle phenomenon. The most significant is that the potential student population is insufficient for a three- or six-teacher school. Having children walk to school from neighboring villages also contributes to low enrollment and low student-teacher ratios. Since teachers generally do not teach more than 1 or 2 grades at a time in a classroom, rural communities usually have low student-teacher ratios, and education system administrators cannot justify sending additional teachers to the school. In addition, schools with incomplete cycles tend to have extremely low survival rates.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation	Education Notes
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 Unported
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ADDITION
dc.subject	BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	CLASSROOM CONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	DISTANCE TO SCHOOL
dc.subject	EDUCATION OFFICIALS
dc.subject	EDUCATION PROGRAMS
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subject	FIELD RESEARCH
dc.subject	GER
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	GIRLS ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	INSTRUCTION
dc.subject	LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
dc.subject	LOW ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	TEACHER
dc.subject	TEACHER EDUCATION
dc.subject	TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS
dc.subject	TEACHER RECRUITMENT
dc.subject	TEACHERS
dc.subject	TEACHING
dc.subject	TEACHING TECHNIQUES
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS SCHOOL BASED MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATION PROGRAMS
dc.subject	BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	TEACHERS
dc.subject	RURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	RURAL SCHOOLS
dc.title	Bringing the School to the Children : Shortening the Path to EFA
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Brief
dc.type	Publications & Research
dc.coverage	Africa