04100oam 22007815 450 991077824430332120200520144314.01-281-19139-697866111913990-8213-7345-510.1596/978-0-8213-7344-6(CKB)1000000000484198(EBL)459785(OCoLC)213498244(SSID)ssj0000089833(PQKBManifestationID)12032719(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089833(PQKBWorkID)10092020(PQKB)11563312(MiAaPQ)EBC459785(Au-PeEL)EBL459785(CaPaEBR)ebr10212645(CaONFJC)MIL119139(The World Bank)173367644(The World Bank)182525799(The World Bank)ocn173367644(US-djbf)15016617(EXLCZ)99100000000048419820070921d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTextbooks and school library provision in secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa.Washington, D.C. :World Bank,c2008.xxxii, 98 pages ;26 cmWorld Bank working paper ;no. 126Africa human development seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-7344-7 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Résumé analytique; Introduction: Methodology and Constraints; PART I: Secondary Textbooks; Table 1. Secondary Textbook Requirements and Costs in Selected Countries; Table 2. Average Unit Textbook Costs by Grade Levels in Selected Countries (U.S. dollars); Table 3. Simplified Accounts of a Church School; Table 4. Simplified Accounts of a Government of Lesotho (GoL) School; Table 5. Purchasing Power of School Textbook Budgets (based on 11 Uganda Schools); Table 6. Textbook Availability in Lesotho Schools (2003)Table 7. Secondary Textbook Distribution Systems in Selected CountriesPART II: Secondary School Libraries; Box 1. Example of Alternative Page Requirements; Table 8. Cost of Basic Textbook Provision at One School in Uganda for S1 to S6 (2002); Table 9. National Cost of Basic Textbook Provision for S1 to S6; Table 10. Unit Costs per Student of Basic Textbook Provision (including the cost of provision of teachers' copies); Box 2. Typical Annual Rental Fee Formula; Table 11. Cash Flow by Grade Levels in a Schematic Full Textbook Rental SchemeTable 12. Cash Flow Summary of Table 11 for All GradesThis study is based on research on secondary textbook and school library provision in Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Togo, as well as existing recent country reports on textbook provision and an extensive desk research. Considerable variations exist in Sub-Saharan African textbook requirements needed to meet secondary curriculum specifications just as significant differences exist between and within countries in regard to the average price of recommended textbooks. Some countries have no approved textbooks list. This study aims to discuss the texAfrica Region human development series.World Bank e-Library.TextbooksAfrica, Sub-SaharanHigh school librariesAfrica, Sub-SaharanTextbooksHigh school libraries373.13/20967Read Tony1499472Kon Oumar1564848World Bank.DLCDLCYDXBAKERYDXCPBTCTACDXBWXDLCBOOK9910778244303321Textbooks and school library provision in secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa3834129UNINA