Community Schools in Africa: Reaching the Unreached

by Kristin Helmore (Adapted by), Deborah Glassman (Editor), Chloe O'Gara (Contribution by), Jordan Naidoo (Editor), Fred Wood (Editor)

Overview

This book explores questions related to the recent establishment in Africa of community schools similar to those supported by Save the Children. The book addresses the serious doubts about realizing the Education for All and Millennium Development Goals. It draws on Save the Children’s experience with community-based schooling in four countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, and Uganda.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441942746
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	11/04/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Community Schools: The Solution to Local Needs.- Mali, 1992–2003: The First Experiment.- Malawi, 1994–2003: Training on a National Scale.- Ethiopia, 1992–2001: Helping Communities Fill the Education Gap.- Uganda, 1999–2005: Transferring to Government Control.- USAID and Community Schools in Africa: The Vision, the Strategy, the Commitment.- Supply-Side Education: Africa's Home-grown Schools.- What's Next for Community Schools?.