Multigrade Teaching in Sub-Saharan Africa: World Bank Working Papers v. 173: Lessons from Uganda, Senegal, and The Gambia (Africa Human Development Series) - Softcover

World Bank Group

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821380656 ISBN 13: 9780821380659

Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2009

Synopsis

"In Africa, with the expansion of coverage of primary education in recent decades, many of the remaining out-of-school children are in hard to reach areas, with low population density and poor transport. Providing access to education is challenging in such contexts, as the population in any village is often too small to support a conventional primary school. One of the answers is the use of multigrade teaching, where one teacher works with students of two or more grades. This paper examines the practice of multigrade teaching in three African countries, Uganda, Senegal, and The Gambia. Although these three cases had very different approaches to multigrade, their experiences suggest that multigrade teaching is a promising and cost-effective option, but that successful implementation requires sustained support from policymakers, adequate training of teachers, and careful explanation of the approach to parents and the communities."

Edition details

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821380656
• ISBN 13: 9780821380659
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 58