| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 251 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Development practice in education |
|
Development practice in education.
|
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1. RATIONALE, ISSUES, AND CONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINING THE ABOLITION OF SCHOOL FEES; TABLES; CHAPTER 2. FINANCING PRIMARY EDUCATION WITHIN A DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM: THE CASE OF ETHIOPIA; FIGURES; CHAPTER 3. FROM PILOT TO NATIONAL SCALE: GHANA'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE ABOLITION OF SCHOOL FEES; MAPS; BOX; CHAPTER 4. ABOLITION OF SCHOOL FEES AND LEVIES IN KENYA; CHAPTER 5. REVIEW OF THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION IN MALAWI |
| Summary |
Progress in literacy and learning, especially through universal primary education, has done more to advance human conditions than perhaps any other policy. Our generation has the possibility of becoming the first generation ever to offer all children access to good quality basic education. But it will only happen if we have the political commitment -- at the country as well as at the international level -- to give priority to achieve this first in human history. And it will only happen if also those who cannot afford to pay school fees can benefit from a complete cycle of good quality primary |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Education, Elementary -- Africa -- Costs -- Case studies
|
|
School enrollment -- Africa -- Case studies
|
|
Education and state -- Africa -- Case studies
|
|
EDUCATION -- Elementary.
|
|
Education and state
|
|
Education, Elementary -- Costs
|
|
School enrollment
|
|
Africa
|
| Genre/Form |
Case studies
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
World Bank.
|
| LC no. |
2008013198 |
|
