LEADER 04347nam 2200637 450 001 9910460895203321 005 20200520144314.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000415129 035 $a(EBL)2057018 035 $a(OCoLC)910159318 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001537006 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11879906 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001537006 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11514400 035 $a(PQKB)10599581 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2057018 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2057018 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11056669 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL788209 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000415129 100 $a20150603h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGetting textbooks to every child in sub-Saharan Africa $estrategies for addressing the high cost and low availability problem /$fBirger Fredriksen and Sukhdeep Brar with Michael Trucano 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cWorld Bank Group,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (127 p.) 225 1 $aDirections in Development. Human Development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4648-0541-5 311 $a1-4648-0540-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $a""Front Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Objective of the Study""; ""Main Findings""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction and Rationale for This Study""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 The State of Textbook Provision in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Factors Contributing to Textbook Scarcity""; ""Note""; ""Reference""; ""Chapter 4 The Urgency of Addressing the Textbook Shortage in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Notes""; ""References"" 327 $a""Chapter 5 Factors Determining Textbook Costs""""Unit Textbook Costs""; ""Annualized per-Student Textbook Costs""; ""Actual Unit and Annualized Textbook Costs in SSA""; ""Interventions and Scope for Reducing Textbook Costs""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6 Textbook Financing""; ""Issues""; ""Sources and Methods of Textbook Funding in SSA""; ""Government Textbook Funding in SSA""; ""Estimated Share of Primary Education Budget Needed for Adequate Supply of Textbooks""; ""Estimated Share of Secondary Education Budget Needed for Adequate Supply of Textbooks""; ""Impact of External Aid"" 327 $a""Notes""""References""; ""Chapter 7 Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa from Countries in Other Regions""; ""India""; ""The Philippines""; ""Vietnam""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8 Digital Teaching and Learning Materials: Opportunities, Options, and Issues""; ""Predictions about the Demise of Printed Textbooks""; ""Educational Materials and Electronic Devices: Promise and Potential""; ""Some Common Myths and Misconceptions""; ""Costs""; ""One Way to Begin: Targeting Different Age Groups or School Subjects""; ""General Trends"" 330 $aTextbooks play a key role in enhancing the quality of learning, especially in the context of low-income Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries characterized by large class-size, poorly motivated and inadequately trained teachers, and short effective school years. There are also high rates of illiteracy among parents and few reading materials at home for the student to bank on. Despite extensive investments by governments, the World Bank and other development partners, the majority of students in primary and secondary schools in SSA still lack the benefit of access to textbooks and the key reason 410 0$aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.).$pHuman development. 606 $aEducation$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aTextbooks$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEducation 615 0$aTextbooks 676 $a370.96 700 $aFredriksen$b Birger$0862293 702 $aBrar$b Sukhdeep 702 $aTrucano$b Michael 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460895203321 996 $aGetting textbooks to every child in sub-Saharan Africa$92269234 997 $aUNINA