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Multigrade Teaching in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Uganda, Senegal, and The Gambia (World Bank Working Papers)

By World Bank Group

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
0821380656, 9780821380659
LCC
LB1029.C53 M856 2009
Open Library ID
OL23534981M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1167128 bytes)
Pages
64\58
Topic
Psychology Pedagogy
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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