Has full text reports on donor
issues (Donor participation in the education sector in Ghana, 43 p.
in MS Word format, etc.), their Elimu education
campaign. Action Aid, founded in 1972, is a U.K. development organization.
Based in London. [KF] http://www.actionaid.org.uk/index.asp?page_id=436
Projects funded by the Bank. See also the Bank's Education Sector Policy
Paper (Pub. 1999. 49 p. In
Adobe pdf.) http://www.afdb.org/projects/projects/projects_sector/projects_sector_education.htm
In English and French. Based in Paris, France. "focuses on developing
partnerships between Ministers of Education and funding agencies in order
to promote effective education policies based on African leadership and ownership." Has full
text reports (in Adobe PDF format), the PRISME database
of education projects, by country, funding agency, etc.
Has Working Groups on: Books and Learning Materials, Distance Education and
Open Learning, Early Childhood Development, Education Sector Analysis,
Education Statistics, Female Participation in Education, Finance and
Education, Higher Education, Nonformal Education, The Teaching
Profession. Publishes a Newsletter sponsors
an Africa Education Journalism Award. [KF] http://www.adeanet.org/
Has Bibliographies
from the African Higher Education Project. "These bibliographies
on higher education in Africa represent a section of an upcoming book "African
Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook" which is being
published by Indiana University Press." Full text issues
of the Center's newsletter, International
Higher Education with short articles on African education. Based
in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. [KF] http://www.bc.edu/
Funded by The Rockefeller Foundation. Two Commissioned Papers were presented
at the 2002 African Studies Association, Washington, D.C. http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Ecallasa/COLLOQUIUMON.html "Challenges
Facing African Universities" By Dr. Akilagpa Sawyerr. 62
pages, in PDF plus figures in
Adobe pdf
"established in January 2006 to...... improve access to basic education" in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Will analyse policy and practice designed to reduce exclusion. Partners with institutions in Ghana and South Africa. Links to related sites. Based at the Centre for International Education SSE, University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom. http://www.create-rpc.org
Messages from an April 2000 on-line discussion on the list EDU-DEMOC (Education
for Democracy). On the web site of the Education
Development Center, "an international, non-profit organization with
350 projects dedicated to enhancing learning, promoting health,..." Part
of their Global Learning Group. http://www.edc.org/GLG/edu-democ/hypermail/0067.html
"The GCE believes that free, quality basic education for every girl,
boy, man and woman is not only an essential right, but an achievable goal." "The
GCE therefore demands that the international community and governments of
the South take immediate action to implement the Education for All goals
and strategies agreed by 185 world governments at Dakar in April 2000." Has
many full text documents. Based in Brussels, Belgium. [KF] http://www.campaignforeducation.org/
No Excuses: Education for all - In English, French, some Spanish. 2008 report card ranking individual countries on meeting the goals of education for all. Full report is 278 p. in PDF. The Sub-Saharan Africa section is 45 p. in PDF.
"a forum for dialogue between ministers of education. While ministers
play the most active role during the ICE, other partners also participate
in the dialogue: researchers, practitioners, representatives of intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations. Participants are invited by the Director-General
of UNESCO." Has working
papers, discussion papers and country
reports provides snapshots
of projects (Bridge). http://www.ibe.unesco.org/International/ICE/
"information on educational planning and management, including IIEP's
training programmes, research and online publications."
"created by UNESCO in 1963 in Paris, France.....supported by grants from
UNESCO and by voluntary contributions from Member States..." Use the Search to
locate full
text reports on African education.
Based in Paris, France. [KF] http://www.unesco.org/iiep/
Examples of reports - L'Impact des politiques de scolarisation
des filles:
Mauritanie, Tunisie, Inde, Bangladesh et Sénégal, Strategic
financial management in Southern African universities,
Policy Forum on the Organisation of Ministries of Education,
Revisiting technical and vocational education in Sub-Saharan Africa,
Transformation and institutional quality management within a South
African university:
a case study of the University of the Orange Free State,
Education and training strategies for disadvantaged youth in South Africa,
Surviving school: education for refugee children from Rwanda, 1994-1996,
Private and community schools in Tanzania,
Education policy formulation in Tanzania,
Les Ecoles communautaires:
Mali, Sénégal, Togo
Rwanda. Ministere de l'Education - Etude du Secteur de l'Education au Rwanda
259 pages in PDF. Includes a map. On the web site of UNESCO Documents and Publications. [KF] http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001121/112128F.pdf
"Participants at the World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien, Thailand, in 1990 pledged to provide primary education for all children and massively reduce adult illiteracy by the end of the decade. The education for all movement was born."
Has the national plans of action for education for some African countries. http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/index.shtml
Projects, statistics, on all aspects (Girls' Education, Education Technology,
Early Child Development, Tertiary Education, Effective School and Teacher
Secondary Education, Adult Education, Global Education Reform, School Health,
Economics of Education) with many full
text reports. http://www1.worldbank.org/education/
Includes "A Framework for action in Sub-Saharan Africa" and African
country reports (Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Ivory
Coast, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania). http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/wef_2000/index.shtml Site Map:
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