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Published in 2011
Achievement Tanzania (Mainland)
Published Thursday, September 1, 2011
Tanzania mainland did not participate in the first SACMEQ Project during 1995-1998, but joined the other countries that participated in the SACMEQ II Project (2000-2004), and the SACMEQ III Project (2007-2011) in order to benefit from the opportunity provided by the SACMEQ network for educational planners and researchers from participating countries to: (a) apply scientific methods for monitoring and evaluating the quality of education, and (b) generate research-based information that could be used to plan for improvements in the quality of education.
Progress in Gender Equality in Education: South Africa
Published Thursday, September 1, 2011
Policy Brief Number 6.
This policy brief covers key gender-related issues in education in South Africa with a view to showing whether there have been any significant changes in ‘gender equality’ between 2000 and 2007, both at the
provincial and national levels. The following questions formed the basis of the investigation
Progress in Gender Equality in Education: Swaziland
Published Thursday, September 1, 2011
Policy Brief Number 6
This policy brief deals with progress in ‘gender equality’ in primary education for the four districts in Swaziland by seeking answers to the following specific questions
Progress in Gender Equality in Education: Tanzania Mainland
Published Thursday, September 1, 2011
Policy Brief Number 6.
This policy brief deals with progress in ‘gender equality’ in primary education for the eleven zones in Mainland Tanzania by seeking answers to the following specific questions.
Progress in Gender Equality in Education: Uganda
Published Thursday, September 1, 2011
Policy Brief Number 6.
This policy brief deals with progress in ‘gender equality’ in primary education for the four regions in Uganda by seeking answers to the following specific questions
Achievement Lesotho
Published Monday, August 1, 2011
This policy brief provides information about levels and trends in the reading and mathematics achievements of Standard 6 pupils in Lesotho. The results are drawn from two large-scale, cross-national research studies of the quality of education conducted by the fifteen school systems involved in the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ).
Achievement Seychelles
Published Monday, August 1, 2011
The publication of the results of SACMEQ II for Seychelles in 2005 generated high level discussions amongst planners and practitioners at the Ministry of Education. Some of the major policy concerns then were related to the practice of streaming in primary schools, the status of mathematics education, literacy and numeracy in the early years and the development of a policy framework on assessment (Leste et al, 2005).
Achievement Zanzibar
Published Monday, August 1, 2011
In 1995, the Zanzibar Ministry of Education decided to participate in SACMEQ’s foundation research programme, the SACMEQ I Project, so that it would be possible to establish benchmarks for the conditions of schooling and the quality of education in primary schools.
Achievement Botswana
Published Wednesday, June 1, 2011
This policy brief provides information about levels and trends in the reading and mathematics achievements of Standard 6 pupils in Botswana. The results are drawn from two large-scale, cross-national research studies of the quality of education conducted by the fifteen school systems involved in the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ).
Achievement Kenya
Published Wednesday, June 1, 2011
This policy brief provides information about levels and trends in the reading and mathematics achievement of Standard 6 pupils in Kenya. The results are derived from two large-scale, cross-national research studies of the quality of education that were conducted by the fifteen school systems involved in the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ).