How Well Do Catholic and Other Faith-Based Schools Serve the Poor? A Study with Special Reference to Africa: Part I: Schooling

Autor/in	Wodon, Quentin
Titel	How Well Do Catholic and Other Faith-Based Schools Serve the Poor? A Study with Special Reference to Africa: Part I: Schooling
Quelle	In: International Studies in Catholic Education, 11 (2019) 1, S.4-23 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1942-2539
DOI	10.1080/19422539.2018.1561130
Schlagwörter	Catholic Schools; Religious Education; Poverty; Preschool Education; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Low Income; Developing Nations; Advantaged; Family Income; Educational Finance; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Enrollment Trends; Cross Cultural Studies; Surveys; Africa; Niger; Burkina Faso + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Katholische Schule; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Armut; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Sekundarschüler; Niedriglohn; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Familieneinkommen; Bildungsfonds; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Afrika
Abstract	Serving the poor is a prime component of the mission of Catholic and many other faith-based schools. Do the schools succeed in doing so? This paper and a companion paper focusing on learning aim to answer this question. In this paper, the focus is on schooling or enrolment in school. The paper considers first global and regional data on the number of students in Catholic preschools and nurseries, primary schools, and secondary schools. The data suggest that Catholic schools are located proportionately more in low-income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. However, having schools in low income countries does not guarantee that they serve disadvantaged children. Relying on household survey data from Africa, the second part of the analysis suggests that while Catholic and other faith-based schools reach many children in poverty, they often serve children from better off households proportionately more. The last part of the paper considers the constraints faced by Catholic and other faith-based schools in reaching the poor. Some constraints are shared with other types of schools, but others are peculiar to Catholic and faith-based schools, especially in terms of the funding from households that they need to operate given no or only limited state support. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01