Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Grade 4 | 1 |
| Intermediate Grades | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textFilmer, Deon – World Bank, 2023
Across six Sub-Saharan African countries, grade 4 students of teachers who were hired after a free primary education reform perform worse, on average, on language and math tests--statistically significantly so in language--than students of teachers who were hired before the reform. Teachers who were hired just after the reform also perform worse,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Educational Change, Grade 4
Peer reviewed
Direct linkDejaeghere, Joan G.; Chapman, David W.; Mulkeen, Aidan – Journal of Education Policy, 2006
Over the next decade many countries of sub-Saharan Africa will face a demand for qualified secondary school teachers that current systems for teacher recruitment, training, deployment and retention will be unable to meet. While strategies for increasing teacher supply to meet this shortage have been suggested, less attention has been given to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Holding Power, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Recruitment
