Taking Education for All Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa to Task: What's the Story So Far and What is Needed Now?

Autor/in	Nudzor, Hope Pius
Titel	Taking Education for All Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa to Task: What's the Story So Far and What is Needed Now?
Quelle	In: Management in Education, 29 (2015) 3, S.105-111 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0892-0206
DOI	10.1177/0892020615584105
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Access to Education; Elementary Education; Enrollment; Disadvantaged Youth; Educational Policy; Political Influences; Program Implementation; International Organizations; Equal Education; Educational Research; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Elementarunterricht; Einschulung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Afrika
Abstract	In many sub-Saharan African countries, the endorsement of the 1990 Education for All (EFA) and the 2000 Millennium Development Goals agreements have resulted in the introduction of "fee-free" education policies in recent time. Yet, in 2015 it is becoming unlikely that education for all will be attained, as it has not been achieved through previous pledges. Using a "processual analytical approach", this paper examines literature from disparate sources to exemplify challenges faced by countries in the sub-region in their attempt at getting children from disadvantaged communities to enrol in primary education. In the process, the paper contends that "new" research is needed to examine how political imperatives and democratic processes impinge on implementation of EFA policy initiatives in the sub-region. This endeavour, the paper argues, is necessary to unearth the commitment, progress and constraints of sub-Saharan African governments (as well as commitment of international donor countries and agencies to helping the sub-region) towards meeting the EFA goals. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01