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

Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Patterns and Promising Practices
ISBN-10
0821370715
ISBN-13
9780821370711
Category
Education
Pages
84
Language
English
Published
2007-01-01
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Authors
Wout Ottevanger, J. J. H. van den Akker, Leo de Feiter

Description

Developing Science, Mathematics and ICT (SMICT) in Secondary Education is based on country studies from ten Sub-Saharan African countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, and a literature review. It reveals a number of huge challenges in SMICT education in sub-Saharan Africa: poorly-resourced schools; large classes; a curriculum hardly relevant to the daily lives of students; a lack of qualified teachers; and inadequate teacher education programs. Through examining country case studies, this paper discusses the lessons for improvement of SMICT in secondary education in Africa.

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