Community Schools in Africa: Reaching the Unreached /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Helmore, Kristin (Editor), Glassman, Deborah (Editor), Naidoo, Jordan (Editor), Wood, Fred (Editor), O'Gara, Chloe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Child development.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.; International and Comparative Education.; Childhood Education.

Over the past decade, community schools similar to those supported by Save the Children have been established in many developing countries, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa. As large numbers of children attend schools started and managed by their own communities and/or by nongovernmental organiz...

Table of Contents:

• Community Schools: The Solution to Local Needs
• Mali, 1992–2003: The First Experiment
• Malawi, 1994–2003: Training on a National Scale
• Ethiopia, 1992–2001: Helping Communities Fill the Education Gap
• Uganda, 1999–2005: Transferring to Government Control
• USAID and Community Schools in Africa: The Vision, the Strategy, the Commitment
• Supply-Side Education: Africa's Home-grown Schools
• What's Next for Community Schools?.