Textbooks and School Library Provision in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Volume 126 (World Bank Working Paper, 126, Band 126) - Softcover

World Bank Group

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821373447 ISBN 13: 9780821373446

Verlag: World Bank Publications, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

This study is based on research on secondary textbook and school library provision in Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Togo, as well as existing recent country reports on textbook provision and an extensive desk research. Considerable variation exist in Sub-Saharan African textbook requirements needed to meet secondary curriculum specifications just as significant differences exist between and within countries in regard to the average price of recommended textbooks. Some countries have no approved textbooks list. This study aims to discuss the textbook situation in Sub-Saharan Africa with a special focus on secondary textbook availability, cost and financing, distribution and publishing, as well as, the status of school libraries. Its objective is to analyze the issues in secondary textbook and school library provision and to provide some options and strategies for improvement. This study was prepared as part of the Secondary Education and Training in Africa (SEIA) initiative which aims to assist countries to develop sustainable strategies for expansion and qualify improvements in secondary education and training.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: World Bank Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0821373447
• ISBN 13: 9780821373446
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 132
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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