LEADER 03255nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910954097303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8213-7541-5 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-7540-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000764321 035 $a(EBL)459342 035 $a(OCoLC)568279726 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085178 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11119558 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085178 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10007546 035 $a(PQKB)11171784 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459342 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10290039 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1143324 035 $a(The World Bank)ocn214322860 035 $a(US-djbf)15228288 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459342 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000764321 100 $a20080321d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAbolishing school fees in Africa $elessons from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington DC $cWorld Bank $cIn collaboration with UNICEF$dc2009 215 $axxiv, 251 pages $cillustrations, maps ;$d26 cm 225 1 $aDevelopment practice in education 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8213-7540-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 MALAWI 327 $aCHAPTER 6. ABOLISHING FEES AND REDUCING THE COSTS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL: THE EXPERIENCE OF MOZAMBIQUEINDEX 330 $aProgress in literacy and learning, especially through universal primary education, has done more to advance human conditions than perhaps any other policy. Our generation has the possibility of becoming the first generation ever to offer all children access to good quality basic education. But it will only happen if we have the political commitment -- at the country as well as at the international level -- to give priority to achieve this first in human history. And it will only happen if also those who cannot afford to pay school fees can benefit from a complete cycle of good quality primary 410 0$aDevelopment practice in education. 606 $aEducation, Elementary$zAfrica$xCosts$vCase studies 606 $aSchool enrollment$zAfrica$vCase studies 606 $aEducation and state$zAfrica$vCase studies 615 0$aEducation, Elementary$xCosts 615 0$aSchool enrollment 615 0$aEducation and state 676 $a372.12/06 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954097303321 996 $aAbolishing school fees in Africa$94407245 997 $aUNINA