03448oam 22007455 450 991077797400332120200520144314.00-8213-7541-510.1596/978-0-8213-7540-2(CKB)1000000000764321(EBL)459342(OCoLC)568279726(SSID)ssj0000085178(PQKBManifestationID)11119558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085178(PQKBWorkID)10007546(PQKB)11171784(MiAaPQ)EBC459342(Au-PeEL)EBL459342(CaPaEBR)ebr10290039(CaONFJC)MIL1143324(The World Bank)ocn214322860(US-djbf)15228288(EXLCZ)99100000000076432120080321d2009 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAbolishing school fees in Africa : lessons from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and MozambiqueWashington DC :World Bank :In collaboration with UNICEF,[2009]copyright 2009.xxiv, 251 pages illustrations, maps ;26 cmDevelopment practice in educationDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-7540-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1. RATIONALE, ISSUES, AND CONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINING THE ABOLITION OF SCHOOL FEES; TABLES; CHAPTER 2. FINANCING PRIMARY EDUCATION WITHIN A DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM: THE CASE OF ETHIOPIA; FIGURES; CHAPTER 3. FROM PILOT TO NATIONAL SCALE: GHANA'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE ABOLITION OF SCHOOL FEES; MAPS; BOX; CHAPTER 4. ABOLITION OF SCHOOL FEES AND LEVIES IN KENYA; CHAPTER 5. REVIEW OF THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION IN MALAWICHAPTER 6. ABOLISHING FEES AND REDUCING THE COSTS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL: THE EXPERIENCE OF MOZAMBIQUEINDEXProgress in literacy and learning, especially through universal primary education, has done more to advance human conditions than perhaps any other policy. Our generation has the possibility of becoming the first generation ever to offer all children access to good quality basic education. But it will only happen if we have the political commitment -- at the country as well as at the international level -- to give priority to achieve this first in human history. And it will only happen if also those who cannot afford to pay school fees can benefit from a complete cycle of good quality primary Development practice in education.World Bank e-Library.Education, ElementaryAfricaCostsCase studiesSchool enrollmentAfricaCase studiesEducation and stateAfricaCase studiesEducation, ElementaryCostsSchool enrollmentEducation and state372.12/06World Bank.DLCDLCBTCTABAKERYDXCPUKMC#PBWXCDXDLCBOOK9910777974003321Abolishing school fees in Africa3732553UNINA