Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa Patterns and Promising Practices

by Ottevanger, Wout; Van Den Akker, Jan; De Feiter, Leo

• ISBN13: 9780821370704
• ISBN10: 0821370707
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-29
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
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Summary

This publication examines secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the teaching of science, mathematics and ICT (SMICT), based on a literature review and ten country case studies (from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe). It reveals a number of huge challenges in SMICT education in the region, including poorly-resourced schools, large classes, a curriculum hardly relevant to the daily lives of students, a lack of qualified teachers and inadequate teacher education programmes.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Curriculum policies, instructional practices, and assessment	p. 9
School context and instructional resources	p. 23
SMICT teachers, teacher education and teacher support	p. 37
SMICT education : toward a strategy for development	p. 65
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