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Bennell, Paul – Comparative Education, 2022
This article critically evaluates the most important data set on teacher absence in sub-Saharan Africa, namely the World Bank's national education service delivery indicator school surveys which have been conducted in 10 countries during the last decade. The three main conclusions of this review are (1) the very high levels of teacher absenteeism…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Intervention, Cross Cultural Studies, Teacher Attendance
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
In sub-Saharan Africa, the loss of teaching hours due to teacher absenteeism corresponds to a waste of approximately 46 cents for every US dollar invested in education, an annual wastage of 1-3% of GDP. This brief summarizes the results of research in 11 countries in West and Central Africa under the Time to Teach study, a project in UNICEF that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employee Absenteeism, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Attendance
UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2022
With eight years to go before the goal of the Education 2030 Agenda are due to be achieved, Africa continent is still facing many different challenges in the education and training sector. Which priorities should we, the Africa Office of the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), as a privileged partner of ministries in charge of…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Frumkin, Lara A.; Koutsoubou, Maria – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
There is evidence that ethnic minority learners in further education in England either under-achieve or are under-represented because they face various inhibitors connected to their ethnicity. Motivators may be in place, however, which increase attainment specifically for some ethnic groups. This exploratory study intends to examine what works and…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Minority Group Students, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation